[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #2518: RegEx with $ anchor not Perl-compatible

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #2518: RegEx with $ anchor not Perl-compatible
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-19 21:07:18

#2518: RegEx with $ anchor not Perl-compatible
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 Reporter:  Chad Martin <chad.e.martin_at_[hidden]>  |       Owner:  johnmaddock
     Type:  Bugs                                  |      Status:  new        
Milestone:  Boost 1.38.0                          |   Component:  regex      
  Version:  Boost 1.37.0                          |    Severity:  Problem    
 Keywords:                                        |  
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 If I try to match a string like "WORD1 WORD2" with boost::regex
 lastWordCapture("(\\w+)$"); in order to capture WORD2, the regex_match
 fails.  If I modify the regex to ".*?(\\w+)$", it works fine.  The
 following Perl code captures and prints WORD2 as expected.

 $string = "WORD1 WORD2";
 if ($string =~ /(\w+)$/){
     print "$1\n";
 }

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/2518>
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