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Re: Regular expression string searching & matching

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From Ben Hanson <jamin.hanson@googlemail.com>
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Subject Re: Regular expression string searching & matching
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On Tuesday, 13 March 2018 19:33:53 UTC, Hans-Peter Diettrich  wrote:
> > 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?

In state 2 you are either looping on [^*] (anything other than '*') or changing state to state 3 on '*'.

I'm not sure I understand your question.

Regards,

Ben

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