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Posted to regexp-user@jakarta.apache.org by Steven Ford <st...@vanderbilt.edu> on 2001/09/10 21:22:59 UTC

trouble matching an '*'

I am having trouble matching an *

RE re = new RE("\*");

gives me an invalid excape character error when I compile

RE re = new RE("\\*");

does not match the '*'

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

RE: trouble matching an '*'

Posted by Hanson Char <ha...@yahoo.com>.

What about "[*]" ?
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Steven Ford [mailto:steven.ford@vanderbilt.edu]
  Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 2:23 PM
  To: regexp-user@jakarta.apache.org
  Subject: trouble matching an '*'


  I am having trouble matching an *

  RE re = new RE("\*");

  gives me an invalid excape character error when I compile

  RE re = new RE("\\*");

  does not match the '*'

  Any help would be greatly appreciated.