Re: [pcre-dev] Matching file contents as one string using PC…

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Συντάκτης: Zoltán Herczeg
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Προς: pcre-dev
Αντικείμενο: Re: [pcre-dev] Matching file contents as one string using PCRE_DOTALL
try: \A(?=\p{Any}*?hello)(?=\p{Any}*?world)

This will search whether your input has a "hello" and "world" words.

Dot stops at newlines. This is its definition, and it is nothing to do how PCRE handles the input.

Regards,
Zoltan

pcunite@??? írta:
>> Zoltán Herczeg>
> dot (.) is the inverse of \R. >
> If you need to match everything, use [\x00-\xff] or (.|\R) or \p{Any} (the latter only if >
> Unicode is enabled). I would choose the first for ascii, and the third for Unicode matches.>
>

Thank you for helping.>
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However, when a file only contains a single term: "hello", the regex (?=.*\p{Any}hello.*) does>
NOT match it. Also, \p is slow. Since (?=.*hello.*) is working for Unicode (which I need) and>
seems fast my question ... I guess ... is related to why NOT use PCRE_DOTALL and why does>
PCRE not treat a subject string as a single line with no regard for line endings as stated in the>
documentation?>
>

Perhaps it's an issue with this bug: http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1351>
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