On 15:56 23 Feb 2002, Rob Reid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | At 2:35 PM EST on February 23 Thomas Hurst sent off: | > Easy, just run it through something that gives more detailed errors: | > | > test.rb:2: invalid regular expression; there's no previous pattern, to | > which '*' would define cardinality at 2: | | Can you tell us specifically what "something" is?
Hmm. Ruby? (Guessing from extension.) Perl might do well too: Eg: perl -e '/regexp-goes-here/' and see if it explodes. -- Cameron Simpson, DoD#743 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/ What the hell, it's only 4 month's grant - I can live in a cardboard box, and catch pigeons for food. After all, I've got raytracing to do! - [EMAIL PROTECTED]