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what does the flwg rule mean in regular expression:

([^#].*)

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Regards,
Gayatri M. Khorate.

Jan 12 '07 #1
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Rik
Gayatri wrote:
what does the flwg rule mean in regular expression:

([^#].*)
( start of capture
[^#] any (single) character that is not '#'
..* any character zero or more times, untill the next linebreak
(unless the /s modifier is used, in which case it's untill the end, or last
match of a following pattern. Check out the difference between greedy and
ungreedy)
) end of capture.

Grtz,
--
Rik Wasmus
Jan 12 '07 #2

thanx
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Regards,
Gayatri M. Khorate.

On Jan 12, 5:08 pm, "Rik" <luiheidsgoe...@hotmail.comwrote:
Gayatri wrote:
what does the flwg rule mean in regular expression:
([^#].*)( start of capture
[^#] any (single) character that is not '#'
.* any character zero or more times, untill the next linebreak
(unless the /s modifier is used, in which case it's untill the end, or last
match of a following pattern. Check out the difference between greedy and
ungreedy)
) end of capture.

Grtz,
--
Rik Wasmus
Jan 12 '07 #3
Here's an interesting tutorial from regular-expressions.info

http://www.regular-expressions.info/tutorial.html

On Jan 12, 4:25 am, "Gayatri" <gayatri.khor...@gmail.comwrote:
thanx

--
Regards,
Gayatri M. Khorate.

On Jan 12, 5:08 pm, "Rik" <luiheidsgoe...@hotmail.comwrote:
Gayatri wrote:
what does the flwg rule mean in regular expression:
([^#].*)( start of capture
[^#] any (single) character that is not '#'
.* any character zero or more times, untill the next linebreak
(unless the /s modifier is used, in which case it's untill the end, or last
match of a following pattern. Check out the difference between greedy and
ungreedy)
) end of capture.
Grtz,
--
Rik Wasmus
Jan 13 '07 #4

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