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In article <5bbe02d86ddave@triffid.co.uk>,
   Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
> Good day folks, a bit of advice would be appreciated for my soggy
> brain. 
> :-(

> I was doing a bit of house keeping on Pluto filters where I have a
> number of them Regex active with   .*

> "Sans quotes) Some of them are "Filterstring .*" (Filterstring
> space.*) and some of them are "Filterstring.*" (Filterstring
> nospace.*).

> Can some kind person please remind me of the different effects of
> those two different .* positions?

'string.*' will match 'string x' and 'stringx'
'string<blank>.*' will match 'string x' but not 'stringx'

This question has prompted me to add to my website a RegExTest program
I wrote years ago, but it never got formally released. Note that it is
Beta, may have some bugs, but could be useful. It is available from:

    http://www.avisoft.f9.co.uk/
    https://homepages.force9.net/avisoft/

Martin

-- 
Martin Avison 
Note that unfortunately this email address will become invalid
without notice if (when) any spam is received. 

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Filter in Pluto Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2024-11-11 07:26 +0000
  Re: Filter in Pluto Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2024-11-11 12:19 +0000
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      Re: Filter in Pluto Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2024-11-11 16:42 +0000
        Re: Filter in Pluto Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2024-11-11 19:08 +0000
      Re: Filter in Pluto Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> - 2024-11-11 16:44 +0000
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