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Re: Regexp expression that selects PostScript strings

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> Why would you have expected it to cope with the likes of that?

I didn't. It was a simple example of a candidate string finder that works often but not always.



> Not sure about the example, but I think in general
> regular expressions cannot handle postscript strings
> because of the possibility of nested un-escaped parens.

The existence of 
http://www.regular-expressions.info/balancing.html 
led me to hope that a regexp suitable for my text editor was possible. Perhaps, I hoped, an expert has already done the work. 



But seemingly not. I need to read a manual. Regexp would be a good thing to learn anyway.

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Regexp expression that selects PostScript strings jdaw1 <jdawiseman@gmail.com> - 2014-05-03 13:50 -0700
  Re: Regexp expression that selects PostScript strings tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2014-05-03 20:52 -0400
    Re: Regexp expression that selects PostScript strings luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2014-05-03 21:42 -0700
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      Re: Regexp expression that selects PostScript strings jdaw1 <jdawiseman@gmail.com> - 2014-05-04 07:48 -0700
  Re: Regexp expression that selects PostScript strings jdaw1 <jdawiseman@gmail.com> - 2014-05-05 08:48 -0700
    Re: Regexp expression that selects PostScript strings jdaw1 <jdawiseman@gmail.com> - 2014-05-05 08:58 -0700
      Re: Regexp expression that selects PostScript strings luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2014-05-06 09:58 -0700

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