Rick> Each of these has its place in regex searches; sometimes I want the
Rick> one and not t'other. I have to know, in the syntax of the regular
Rick> expression what the request to "give me all the stuff from a to
Rick> thorn" means; and it has to mean the same thing at the time the
Rick> regular expression is defined, compiled (if so), and actually
Rick> executed.
Rick> I presume that Mr. Leisher has this problem licked, too. :-) ??
I wish! It was too hard to solve in the same afternoon I hacked out the basic
RE package :-) I do have the problem percolating somewhere in my brain.
Maybe a solution will eventually pop out.
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New Mexico State University when there is nothing left to take away."
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