Re: Regex to match "define ABC-123-xyz"

[Gary <help-gnu-emacs@garydjones.name>]

Deniz Dogan wrote:
> 2010/10/1 Gary:
>> I'm having trouble with this, to say the least. "Obviously" the parts
>> after the define aren't fixed, either in content or position. What I
>> have tried is
>>
>> define [A-Za-z0-9_-]+
...
>> it doesn't match the numeric part(s). I can see this in the regexp
>> builder, and, since I am attempting to match part of a programming
>> language syntax, in source code.

> Pardon me if I misunderstood, but it works perfectly fine for me in
> re-builder. Are you saying it works for you in re-builder but not when
> actually using it in code?

It now works okay in the RE-Builder for me too, but not in the mode I
have written. I imagine the REs for different parts of the language are
getting in the way of each other somewhere. I will try removing some
until I get something that works and go on from there...