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Re: Regex?

From Knute Johnson <eternal@knutejohnson.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject Re: Regex?
Date 2014-06-20 08:06 -0700
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On 6/20/2014 00:25, Robert Klemme wrote:
> On 06/20/2014 07:03 AM, Knute Johnson wrote:
>> Pattern.compile(Pattern.quote("the string with the ) in it"));
>
> There are more ways:
>
> Pattern.compile("the string with the \\) in it");
> Pattern.compile("the string with the \\Q)\\E in it");
>
> Cheers
>
>      robert

Thanks Robert,

The problem was actually

String str = "(something";
Pattern.compile(str);

so now it is

Pattern.compile(Pattern.quote(str));

I hate to make them

Pattern.compile(str+"\\Q")

(the cognoscenti would have my ...)

-- 

Knute Johnson

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Regex? Knute Johnson <eternal@knutejohnson.com> - 2014-06-19 21:39 -0700
  Re: Regex? Knute Johnson <eternal@knutejohnson.com> - 2014-06-19 22:03 -0700
    Re: Regex? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2014-06-20 09:25 +0200
      Re: Regex? Knute Johnson <eternal@knutejohnson.com> - 2014-06-20 08:06 -0700
        Re: Regex? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-06-20 11:14 -0400
          Re: Regex? Knute Johnson <eternal@knutejohnson.com> - 2014-06-20 15:46 -0700
            Re: Regex? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-06-25 08:15 -0700
              Re: Regex? Knute Johnson <eternal@knutejohnson.com> - 2014-06-25 18:10 -0700
                Re: Regex? Knute Johnson <eternal@knutejohnson.com> - 2014-06-30 09:52 -0700
    Re: Regex? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-06-21 09:49 -0700
  Re: Regex? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-08-01 02:45 -0700

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