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19/11/2002 19:47:23
 
 
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Visual FoxPro
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Visual FoxPro Product Documentation
Title:
Regular Expressions
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00724590
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Ok, I have another little niggling one that tripped me up (thanks to Sergey for straightening me out). The help for regular expressions in VFP8 Beta, for 2 of the symbols ('^' and '$') says:
^ Matches the beginning of the line. 
$ Matches the end of the line. 
Ok, then, how many lines are in the following marked area:
Welcome
To
Regular
Expressions.
I say there are 4, and I think most normal humans would agree with me. For example, 'Regular' is at the beginning of a line.

Not according to the Regular Expressions inner workings. There is only 1 line, and it begins with 'Welcome'.

I suggest that MS change the above text to the following:
^ Matches the beginning of the input string.
$ Matches the end of the input string.
Again, tiny change, but (I think), large effect.

Alan
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