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From: Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Filter in Pluto
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In article <5bbe3272fadave@triffid.co.uk>,
   Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <5bbe1da83fNews03@avisoft.f9.co.uk>,
>    Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> wrote:
> > 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/

> But...

> Problem... When I go to your site, with either NetSurf (RISC OS
> side) or Firefox (Windows side) I get an error message when I click
> the !RegExTest download link:

> "Avisoft Page Error.
> Sorry ... we could not find that page!"

Ooops! Sorry - the one link I did not check!
Should now be fixed.

-- 
Martin Avison 
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