On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, Ramprasad A Padmanabhan wrote: > Thanks > \b .. \b worked fine > > How do I find what charaters come under \b word boundary > perldoc perlre just says \b word boundary
Scroll down a few lines from where you read this, you have the info you are looking for. > > is \b equivalent to [^\w\_\-\.] No, \b is a zero width assertion, it does not contain anything. You can say that it matches an imaginary but existing spot between a \w and a \W in any order, if that makes any sense :-) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]