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From: J?rgen Exner on 21 Jun 2006 21:42 smarkham01(a)yahoo.com wrote: > You seem to be back to over-thinking the question. The question > didn't have anything to do with character classes or an XOR! Where was that fact mentioned in the original article? > Just two charactors ^ followed by $. Which is a combination that can have several different meanings, depending upon in which context they are used. The OP didn't provide any context, therefore common sense indicates to either say "This question cannot be answered sensibly because of lack of information" or to list all possible meanings and let the OP pick whichever is the right one for his problem. I did the former, Tad did the latter. Well, take your pick. jue
From: Tad McClellan on 21 Jun 2006 22:06
smarkham01(a)yahoo.com <smarkham01(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Thank you Tadd, I've asked you nicely to call me by my real name. Please spell it right, or don't use it. > You seem to be back to over-thinking the question. You seem to be under-thinking the answer. > The question didn't > have anything to do with character classes or an XOR! Neither does it have anything to do with regular expressions! (because you did not show where the characters were used.) > Just two > charactors ^ followed by $. Exactly so. We cannot answer your question without knowing which language the characters were in, and you did not tell us in your OP. > Sorry life doesn't always flow in the vein you chose. Sorry you cannot compose a coherent question. [ snip TOFU] -- Tad McClellan SGML consulting tadmc(a)augustmail.com Perl programming Fort Worth, Texas |