On Fri, 2 Sep 2022 14:39:22 +0000, Sri h Kolusu <[email protected]> wrote:

>>> How can the programmer select which of the two supported versions DFSORT 
>>> will use?  The later examples seem to show only EREs or to be neutral.  An 
>>> example showing a BRE instead would be useful.
>
>Paul,
>
>Since both versions are supported, it is up to the programmer to use whichever 
>version fits his requirements.  We will try to add an example for BRE.

Yes, the programmer needs to know which version fits their requirements.

However, some of the basic reg-ex operators function _differently_ in BRE than 
in ERE. Therefore there must also be a way for the programmer to tell you 
whether to use BRE or ERE.

How does the programmer do that?

-- 
Walt

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