On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 9:28 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht < elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za> wrote:
> John McKown wrote: > > >> I've seen s/he used to cover both genders. > >Well, being computer professionals, despite not being of the UNIX > variety, perhaps we use use the regular expression: s?he > > >(the ? means "repeat 0 or 1 times" aka "optional"). Unless we post in > the ISPF forum whereupon it becomes r's?sh' to match PDF EDIT's > specification of a regular expression. > > So, you and me are zero or "optional", because we're males? ;-) > The "s" is optional, not the "he". I guess the real regexp should be \bs?he\b . \b matches, but does not consume, a "word separator" character. So, that would be "word separator", followed by an optional "s", followed by "he", followed by a "word_separator". > > Should r's?sh' not be r's?she'? Or am I missing something optional? > Typo on my part: r's?he' > > > >Yoda of Borg, we are. Futile, resistance is, yes. Assimilated, you will > be. > > Hehehe, resist, I will not, your good signature lines. ;-) > > Groete / Greetings > Elardus Engelbrecht > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Yoda of Borg, we are. Futile, resistance is, yes. Assimilated, you will be. My sister opened a computer store in Hawaii. She sells C shells down by the seashore. If someone tell you that nothing is impossible: Ask him to dribble a football. He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
