Re: very basic regexp question

2001-09-26 Thread claement claementson
Great stuff. Regexp objects rock. It worked perfectly and helped with some other things too. Thanks a lot Jeff. CC >From: Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: claement claementson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: very basic regexp question

2001-09-26 Thread Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan
On Sep 27, claement claementson said: >1. I'm trying to pass a regexp in $bandNameRE through to a while loop, but >it keeps bailing complaining about an "unrecognised escpape \S", but when I >put the regexp directly into the condition it's happy. Why is this? That's because you're using a doub

very basic regexp question

2001-09-26 Thread claement claementson
Hello again, This is so basic I'm embarrassed to ask. Sorry. 1. I'm trying to pass a regexp in $bandNameRE through to a while loop, but it keeps bailing complaining about an "unrecognised escpape \S", but when I put the regexp directly into the condition it's happy. Why is this? 2. The other th