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> I am interested in a regexp that I think should be written
> like this (for inclusion in a program):

> "\\([[:lower:]]\\|[[:digit:]]\\|A\\)\\([A-Z]\\)"

You mean "\\([[:lower:][:digit:]A]\\)\\([[:upper:]]\\)" ?

> Why is the `A' not being treated the way I want the first time
> around?

See Jesper's answer,


        Stefan