Posted by Rik on 01/12/07 12:08

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,
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Rik Wasmus

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