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\w does not match underscore

bob_dickinson@hotmail.com changed:

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            Summary|\w does not match underscore|\w does not match underscore



------- Additional Comments From bob_dickinson@hotmail.com  2001-11-15 00:37 -------
I also observed this problem.  I noticed something else: if I wrap the \w in a 
character class by itself (i.e. [\w]) then it does match underscores.  I wrote 
a test app to verify the observed behavior.  The output is provided below:

"\w+" matched target: "a" - matching part was "a" 
"\w+" did not match target: "_"
"[\w]+" matched target: "_" - matching part was "_" 
"^\w+$" did not match target: "under_score" 
"^[\w]+$" matched target: "under_score" - matching part was "under_score" 
"^[\w]+$" did not match target: "under#_score"

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