matching [^/]

matching [^/]

[Simon Strobl]

Hello,

suppose a buffer contains the following string and you want to match
the part "// VP1zr".
 
 // VP1zr // 1(0)

I typed "//[^/]+" into the re-builder. It matched the whole line. I
could not find an explanation for this behaviour on the Emacs info
site.

Can someone explain it to me? 


Simon

Re: matching [^/]

[Michael Slass]

simon_strobl@yahoo.de (Simon Strobl) writes:

>Hello,
>
>suppose a buffer contains the following string and you want to match
>the part "// VP1zr".
> 
> // VP1zr // 1(0)
>
>I typed "//[^/]+" into the re-builder. It matched the whole line. I
>could not find an explanation for this behaviour on the Emacs info
>site.
>
>Can someone explain it to me? 
>
>
>Simon

re-builder is highlighting all matches to your regexp, and your string
matches twice:
'// VP1zr '
'// 1(0)'

The two matches are adjacent, so the highlighted regions touch each
other, and they look like one.


-- 
Mike Slass

Re: matching [^/]

[Joe Corneli]

   suppose a buffer contains the following string and you want to match
   the part "// VP1zr".
    
    // VP1zr // 1(0)


I had a similar regexp to match and got the answer I needed here:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2004-01/msg00109.html

maybe that will help you.

Re: matching [^/]

[Simon Strobl]

Thanks, Joe and Michael.