Re: Manual: Incorrect explanation of /\B/

[arnold]

Hi.

This text has been unchanged since at least 1997. I think it's OK
as is.

Sorry,

Arnold

Wolfgang Laun <wolfgang.laun@gmail.com> wrote:

> Currently we have this text (in 3.7):
>
> Matches the empty string that occurs between two word-constituent
> characters. For example, /\Brat\B/ matches "crate", but it does not
> match "dirty
> rat". "\B" is essentially the opposite of "\y".
>
> It should read:
>
> Matches when not at a word boundary, i.e., within a word or whenever both
> of the adjoining characters are not a word character.  For example,
> /\Brat\B/ matches "crate", but it does not match "dirty rat", or  /\B/ matches
> 4 places in "///".  "\B" is essentially the opposite of "\y".
>
> Regards
> Wolfgang Laun