Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| Reading the boost::regex docs:
| // All characters are literals except: .|*?+(){}[]^$\
| // These characters are literals when preceded by a "\".
>
| This sed expression works:
>
| aleem-> search_expr='. | * ? + ( ) { } [ ] ^ $ \'
| aleem-> echo "${search_expr}"
| . | * ? + ( ) { } [ ] ^ $ \
| aleem-> echo "${search_expr}" | \
>> sed 's;\([]\\\.\[\|\*\?\+\(\)\{\}\^\$]\);\\\1;g'
>
| \. \| \* \? \+ \( \) \{ \} \[ \] \^ \$ \\
>
| I suppose we can't do the equivalent in 1 line with boost, but I'm sure it
| woun't take 40 lines either ;-)
Look at RegEx::Merge it might do what you want.
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Lgb
