On Mon, 21 Oct 1996, Hans Grobler wrote:
> gecos_name = "$1"
> gecos_pattern = "^?\,^?"
No, not right. Try
gecos_name = "$1"
gecos_pattern = "^([^,]*),"
You need round brackets to pick out things for $1, $2, etc. That r.e.
reads
^ match start of text
( start of text for $1
[^,] match a character that is not a ,
* repeated zero or more times
) end of $1 text
, match a comma
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