Re: + in regular expression

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Date	Fri, 5 Oct 2012 15:22:28 +1000
From	Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au>
To	Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
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On 03Oct2012 21:17, Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> wrote:
| On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 9:01 PM, contro opinion <contropinion@gmail.com> wrote:
| > why the  "\s{6}+"  is not a regular pattern?
| 
| Use a group: "(?:\s{6})+"

Yeah, it is probably a precedence issue in the grammar.
"(\s{6})+" is also accepted.
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Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au>

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Re: + in regular expression Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2012-10-05 15:22 +1000
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