Re: pattern syntax for match()

On Mi, 25 Mär 2026, Tim Chase wrote:

> 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" )

Or a bit more readable, use single quotes instead.

Thanks,
Christian
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