Re: [Boost-Users] REGEX - expression doesn't match

From: John Maddock (john_maddock_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-24 05:21:03

> My problem is really simple : I have several regular expressions (like
> (19[4-9]\d)|(200\d)|( [09]\d )   ) which work when they correspond to the
> entire string, e.g. : "2002" OK; "something 2002 something" NOT OK.
>
> Everythings worked fine with the GRETA library, and now, it doesn't.
>
> Does anyone have an idea ?

My suspicion is that you are using regex_match when you meant to use
regex_search.

John Maddock
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