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Question regards regexep
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There's no need to put square brackets around \s.
Using square brackets creates a "character class", which means that it can match any one of a number of characters. \s is already a character class by itself, so you'd only put it in square brackets if you want to add other characters to the class (for example if you wanted to matches spaces or underscores, you'd use [\s_]).
So to match multiple whitespace, just use \s*
Using square brackets creates a "character class", which means that it can match any one of a number of characters. \s is already a character class by itself, so you'd only put it in square brackets if you want to add other characters to the class (for example if you wanted to matches spaces or underscores, you'd use [\s_]).
So to match multiple whitespace, just use \s*
ishnid
I didn't know you could use classes like \n and \S inside the square brackets of a character class?
Steve
[small]"Every program can be reduced by one instruction, and every program has at least one bug. Therefore, any program can be reduced to one instruction which doesn't work." (Object:
erlDesignPatterns)[/small]
I didn't know you could use classes like \n and \S inside the square brackets of a character class?
Steve
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