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From: Ben Hanson <jamin.hanson@googlemail.com>
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Subject: Re: Regular expression string searching & matching
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 14:23:40 -0700 (PDT)
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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