Re: Puzzling regexp match

Lifepillar <lifepillar@lifepillar.me> wrote:

> I might be missing something trivial, but I need others's
> eyes to look at it. Why are these patterns
>
> :echo match('x', "[)-~]")
> :echo match('x', "[(-~]")
> :echo match('x', "[(->]")
> :echo match('x', "[)->]")
>
> matching? It seems they match any character.
>
> Thanks,
> Life.

When you type something like [0-9] it matches
any number between 0 and 9. Similarly, when
you type [)-~] it matches any character between
) and ~ (which includes all letters and more).

Regards
Dominique

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