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From Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1@netscape.net>
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Am 11.03.2018 um 21:52 schrieb Ben Hanson:
>> /This/ actually worked for me (one character change):
>>
>> [/][*]([^*]|[*]+[^/])*[*]+[/]
>
> Your modified regex produces the following state machine:
>
> State: 0
>    [/] -> 1
>
> State: 1
>    [*] -> 2
>
> State: 2
>    [^*] -> 2
>    [*] -> 3

I'm just curious about the notation.
What happens if neither pattern matches?
What's the purpose of [^*] in state 2, as opposed to state 1?

DoDi

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  Re: Regular expression string searching & matching Ben Hanson <jamin.hanson@googlemail.com> - 2018-03-07 11:53 -0800
    Re: Regular expression string searching & matching Ben Hanson <jamin.hanson@googlemail.com> - 2018-03-07 12:18 -0800
    Re: Regular expression string searching & matching Clint O <clint.olsen@gmail.com> - 2018-03-08 22:53 -0800
      Re: Regular expression string searching & matching Clint O <clint.olsen@gmail.com> - 2018-03-10 00:57 -0800
        Re: Regular expression string searching & matching Ben Hanson <jamin.hanson@googlemail.com> - 2018-03-11 13:52 -0700
          Re: Regular expression string searching & matching Clint O <clint.olsen@gmail.com> - 2018-03-12 14:00 -0700
            Re: Regular expression string searching & matching Ben Hanson <jamin.hanson@googlemail.com> - 2018-03-13 11:30 -0700
              Re: Regular expression string searching & matching Clint O <clint.olsen@gmail.com> - 2018-03-17 16:52 -0700
              Re: Regular expression string searching & matching Clint O <clint.olsen@gmail.com> - 2018-03-18 19:23 +0000
              Re: Regular expression string searching & matching Clint O <clint.olsen@gmail.com> - 2018-03-20 17:23 +0000
                Re: Regular expression string searching & matching Clint O <clint.olsen@gmail.com> - 2018-03-22 17:46 +0000
          Re: Regular expression string searching & matching Ben Hanson <jamin.hanson@googlemail.com> - 2018-03-12 15:46 -0700
          Re: Regular expression string searching & matching Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1@netscape.net> - 2018-03-13 10:53 +0100
            Re: Regular expression string searching & matching Ben Hanson <jamin.hanson@googlemail.com> - 2018-03-13 14:23 -0700
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