Yes, now in the chapter on Regex, it is written that '.' matches only a single character except cr.
So, the command "String cr matchesRegex: '.'" should return false in this case. But since at least Pharo1.3 (I don't try previous version), it returns true. Jannik On Jul 5, 2013, at 12:33 AM, Camillo Bruni <camillobr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes this is ok, '.' matches only a single character. > The alternatives you might be looking for are #prefixMatchesRegex: or '.*' > > On 2013-07-05, at 00:03, "jannik.laval" <jannik.la...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi guys, >> >> Just a simple question about regex: >> >> 'a' matchesRegex: '.' --> true >> 'aa' matchesRegex: '.' --> false >> >> As '.' represents any character, the two previous lines are ok. Now, if I >> test with a cr, it returns true: >> >> String cr matchesRegex: '.' --> true. >> >> Is it the expected behavior ? >> >> Cheers, >> Jannik > >
