Re: Word Boundary problem with regex

[Tim Johnson]

* Tim X <timx@spamto.devnul.com> [050606 01:22]:
> 
> I'm not entirely clear on exactly what it is your trying to match, but
> would recommend having a look at regexp-opt as it is particularly
> useful for defining regexp for font-locking. A reasonably clear
> example of its use can be found in sql.el - the sql-mode which comes
> bundled with emacs. 
> 
> HTH
> 
> Tim
> 
> ,----[ C-h f regexp-opt RET ]
> | regexp-opt is a compiled Lisp function in `regexp-opt'.
> | (regexp-opt STRINGS &optional PAREN)
> | 
> | Return a regexp to match a string in STRINGS.
> | Each string should be unique in STRINGS and should not contain any regexps,
> | quoted or not.  If optional PAREN is non-nil, ensure that the returned 
> regexp
> | is enclosed by at least one regexp grouping construct.
> | The returned regexp is typically more efficient than the equivalent regexp:
> | 
> |  (let ((open (if PAREN "\\(" "")) (close (if PAREN "\\)" "")))
> |    (concat open (mapconcat 'regexp-quote STRINGS "\\|") close))
> | 
> | If PAREN is `words', then the resulting regexp is additionally surrounded
> | by \< and \>.
> `----

     Thanks Tim (see the reply to this thread from Pascal)
     Your tip on using regexp-opt will be very helpful for
     this regex noob.

     cheers
     tim
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