Re: [boost] [Regex] Why doesn't this pattern match?

Subject: Re: [boost] [Regex] Why doesn't this pattern match?
From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-12-07 11:24:28

> can, please, somebody explain, why this code doesn't work?
>
>   std::wstring str = L"Line \\n line \\n line \\n";
>   std::wstring result = L"";
>   const boost::u32regex e = boost::make_u32regex(L"\\n");
>   std::wstring newText = L"\n";
>   result = boost::u32regex_replace(str, e, newText);
>
> After launching result == str... :(((

You're replacing each occurrence of \\n with \\n, so the string at the end 
should be exactly the same! :-)

Unless I'm missing something yours, John.