Re: + in regular expression

Date	2012-10-05 15:22 +1000
From	Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au>
Subject	Re: + in regular expression
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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
  Re: + in regular expression Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-05 09:23 +0000
    Re: Re: + in regular expression Evan Driscoll <driscoll@cs.wisc.edu> - 2012-10-05 10:27 -0500
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