Re: pattern syntax for match()

On 2026-03-25 12:01, S. Cowles wrote:
> i would like to do the following operation:
> let m = match( "foo" , "foo\|beep" )
> however, i get no match. (m is (-1).)
> what is the correct pattern syntax to enable this match?

Because they're strings, do you need to escape the "\", making it

let m = match( "foo" , "foo\\|beep" )

-tim
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