[Boost-users] Re: regex bug (regex_search throws bad_expression)

From: Edward Diener (eddielee_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-20 20:27:24

Adam Molnar wrote:
> hi!
>
> using the latest regex patch and vc7.1 i've accidentally encountered
> the following:
>
> ...
>  regex re("([^\n]*\\n+\\s+)+NEEDEDSUBITEM2:[^\\s]");
>  bool matched =  regex_search(text, re); // bad_expression

You are putting a new-line character in your regular expression, "([^\n".
Perhaps that is causing your problem.