Yes it is. I will update the chapter on Regex. Thank you Camillo
Jannik 2013/7/5 Camillo Bruni <camillobr...@gmail.com> > I think that is highly implementation dependent. I guess in this case the > Regex matches multilines? > > On 2013-07-05, at 07:51, "jannik.laval" <jannik.la...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 > >> > >> > > > > > > > -- ~~Dr. Jannik Laval~~ École des Mines de Douai Enseignant-chercheur http://www.jannik-laval.eu
