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Regular expression pattern
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Vivek Alampally
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Joined: Jul 10, 2008
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Hi
What does the regular expression
/(hot)? ?donuts/ mean?
How is it different from /(hot)? donuts/ ?
Thanks
Vivek.
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Chris Baron
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Joined: Mar 21, 2003
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The first one covers an optional blank " ?" between the optional "hot" and donuts.
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Vivek Alampally
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Thanks Chris for your prompt reply. But i didnt get what you are trying to say. Can you please give me an example illustrating the difference between two regular expressions?
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Chris Baron
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Hi Vivek,
i haven't testet it, but it looks like
/(hot)? ?donuts/ finds "hot donuts", "hotdonuts", " donuts" and "donuts",
/(hot)? donuts/ finds "hot donuts" and " donuts"
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Vivek Alampally
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Ok I got it. Thank you so much.
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