On Friday, October 30, 2015 at 7:21:58 PM UTC+1, Matthew Butterick wrote:
> To use \s as a matcher, you need #px not #rx:
> 
> (define rx-empty-or-all-blank-string
>   ;#rx"^[[:space:]]*$")
>   #px"^\\s*$")
> 
> See 
> http://docs.racket-lang.org/reference/regexp.html?q=pregexp#%28elem._%28rxex._25%29%29
> 
> 
> On Friday, October 30, 2015 at 11:15:08 AM UTC-7, Tim Hanson wrote:
> > hi,
> > 
> > I must be overlooking something basic, but can't figure out why the second 
> > and third tests here fail. (Makes no difference whether I spell 
> > {space-character} the [[:space:]] or the \\s way.)
> > 
> > I'd be grateful for enlightenment. :)
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > Tim
> > 
> > (define rx-empty-or-all-blank-string
> >   ;#rx"^[[:space:]]*$")
> >   #rx"^\\s*$")
> > 
> > (check-equal? (regexp-match? rx-empty-or-all-blank-string "") #t)
> > 
> > (check-equal? (regexp-match? rx-empty-or-all-blank-string " \t ") #t)
> > 
> > (check-equal? (regexp-match? rx-empty-or-all-blank-string " \t\n") #t)

ok, thx muchly. saw #px but didn't see the explanation / distinction.

if it's easy to explain, why does the other one also fail?

cheers,

Tim

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