> On Wed, December 23, 2009 12:54 pm, Tim Chase wrote:
>>> ^\([^; ]*\)
>> """
>> zero or more "anything except a semicolon or space (or newline,
>> implicitly)" at the beginning of the line
>> """
>
> Is that true? Does [ ] really match a newline? I don't think so
> and I can't find it in the help. To match the newline, you should
> prepend \_ to the collection, shouldn't you?
We're both right...just a miscommunication on my part or a
misunderstanding/misreading on yours (or both) My comment was intended
to mean that semi+space+nl are excluded from matching because by default
(as you note) the NL never matches a character-collection unless you
explicitly request it via \_[...]
-tim
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