Re: regexp/emacs selective replace

[Joost Kremers <joostkremers@yahoo.com>]

harven wrote:
> Joost Kremers <joostkremers@yahoo.com> writes:
>
>> note that {[^}]*} could also have been written as {.*?} (which IHMO is a bit
>> clearer and easier to read).
>
> strictly speaking {[^}]*} is not the same as {.*?}

when it comes to regexps, all that counts is "strictly speaking". ;-)

> The first will match
>
> {xxx
> } 
>
> because emacs regexp [^...] matches newline if it is not included in the
> brackets.

yup, true. forgot about that...


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