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Re: regex reserved chars

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On 2/6/2013 10:50 PM, Roedy Green wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:10:45 -0800, markspace
> <markspace@nospam.nospam> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone
> who said :
>
>> My point was that Roedy is a Java programmer post in a Java newsgroup,
>> and he didn't even look at the existing Java docs for regex patterns
>
> I spent 15 minutes looking and did not find it. You can argue that I
> should have, but the fact remains I did not.

I really am not trying to be an ass (there's enough of that here 
already).  But seriously I'm not kidding when I say the answer is 
literally the first link when I search.

<https://www.google.com/search?q=regex+character+class>

What the FIRST link when you use that search?

> I did you no harm by
> asking a question.  You are not obligated to answer it.  The answer
> may be of general interest to people who never even thought to ask the
> question.

"STFW" is the answer, and it's of general interest.  C.f. Eric Raymond's 
"How to Ask Questions the Smart Way," which says the same thing.

>  If I asked you face to face you would not dream of
> answering that way.

I certainly might.  Learning how answer your own questions is part of 
your professional development; don't waste your colleagues' time with 
silly questions.  There's a Dilbert cartoon about "time wasting morons." 
  It's funny because "time wasting morons" are common enough to have a 
Dilbert about it.  Don't be the time wasting moron.

> The problem is too MUCH irrelevant crap you have to wade through when
> you search.

Not when I search, and so I have to conclude the same is true for you.

>
> The answer to many such a question is simply the magic vocabulary that
> evokes the desired info.  But you have to find the information to know
> the magic vocabulary. Catch 22.
>

You used all the words you needed in your question.  What "magic 
vocabulary" are you referring too?  I get on your case Roedy because I 
know you've got enough experience that you should know these things already.

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regex reserved chars Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2013-02-06 16:28 -0800
  Re: regex reserved chars markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2013-02-06 16:54 -0800
    Re: regex reserved chars Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-02-06 18:03 -0800
      Re: regex reserved chars markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2013-02-06 18:10 -0800
        Re: regex reserved chars Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2013-02-06 22:50 -0800
          Re: regex reserved chars markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2013-02-07 09:32 -0800
            Re: regex reserved chars Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2013-02-07 10:51 -0800
              Re: regex reserved chars markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2013-02-07 11:53 -0800
              Re: regex reserved chars Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-02-08 20:25 -0500
              Re: regex reserved chars Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-02-08 20:32 -0500
          Re: regex reserved chars Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-02-08 20:17 -0500
      Re: regex reserved chars Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2013-02-06 23:06 -0800
        Re: regex reserved chars Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-02-08 20:15 -0500
          Re: regex reserved chars Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-02-09 10:43 -0800
  Re: regex reserved chars Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-02-06 20:18 -0500
    Re: regex reserved chars Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2013-02-07 21:17 +0000
      Re: regex reserved chars Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2013-02-07 20:47 -0700
        Re: regex reserved chars Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2013-02-09 00:50 +0000
      Re: regex reserved chars Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-02-08 20:06 -0500
        Re: regex reserved chars markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2013-02-08 19:02 -0800
          Re: regex reserved chars Nigel Wade <nmw@ion.le.ac.uk> - 2013-02-11 09:25 +0000
            Re: regex reserved chars markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2013-02-11 07:16 -0800
              Re: regex reserved chars Nigel Wade <nmw@ion.le.ac.uk> - 2013-02-11 17:12 +0000
  Re: regex reserved chars Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2013-02-06 23:31 -0800
    Re: regex reserved chars Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-02-07 04:38 -0800
    Re: regex reserved chars Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-02-08 20:02 -0500

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