Re: [Boost-users] regex_match error

From: Rich Johnson (rjohnson_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-02-04 08:36:34

On Wednesday, February 4, 2004, at 06:54 AM, Vikrant Rathore wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am using the regex library and using the following expression. But 
> it seems
> it is wrong. Since there is no compilation or linker error but runtime 
> error.
>
> the expression is
>
> boost::regex e("*\\.exe")

Try ".*\\.exe"

  Regex's "*" matches any number of the _previous expression_.

--rich