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Re: Pattern matches whole string only
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Shigio YAMAGUCHI |
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Re: Pattern matches whole string only |
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Date: |
Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:37:38 +0900 |
Hi,
> When I search for a symbol using a regexp, the return values are the one
> matching the WHOLE pattern, ie. "abc" won't match "XabcY", I have to sear=
> ch for
> ".*abc.*"
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> Is there any way to have the pattern also matching substrings?
You can use '.*abc' or 'abc.*' to do it.
'abc' means '^abc$'.
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