On Monday, March 18, 2013 8:37:19 PM UTC+1, Stefan Kamphausen wrote: > > > this works pretty well, at least better than I expected, e.g.: > > user=> (def r1 #"(\s.)") > #'user/r1 > user=> (def r2 #"([abc])") > #'user/r2 > user=> (def r3 (re-pattern (str r1 "|" r2))) > #'user/r3 > user=> r3 > #"(\s.)|([abc])" > user=> (re-find r3 " x") > [" x" " x" nil] > user=> (re-find r3 "b") > ["b" nil "b"] >
This is a nice trick, but obviously isn't universal: it works only if you build up from parts that are literal regexes. More often that not this will not be the case. -marko -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.