Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder.usenetexpress.com!feeder-in1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.iecc.com!.POSTED.news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: Clint O Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: Regular expression string searching & matching Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2018 00:57:35 -0800 (PST) Organization: Compilers Central Lines: 15 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <18-03-035@comp.compilers> References: <18-03-016@comp.compilers> <18-03-032@comp.compilers> <18-03-034@comp.compilers> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2018 08:57:35 +0000 Injection-Info: gal.iecc.com; posting-host="news.iecc.com:2001:470:1f07:1126:0:676f:7373:6970"; logging-data="88896"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@iecc.com" Keywords: lex, errors Posted-Date: 10 Mar 2018 09:47:55 EST X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:1985 On Friday, March 9, 2018 at 6:47:09 AM UTC-8, Clint O wrote: > On Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at 11:59:10 AM UTC-8, Ben Hanson wrote: > > [/][*]([^*]|[*]+[^*/])*[*]+[/] > > [This should work, it's a standard example in compiler texts. -John] /This/ actually worked for me (one character change): [/][*]([^*]|[*]+[^/])*[*]+[/] ^ Thanks for looking at this! -Clint