Re: [OBORONA-SPAM] Re: [Boost-users] regex: JavaScript RegEx to boost::regex conversion

From: pps (i-love-spam_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-07 22:27:22

John Maddock wrote:

thanks for your reply. Now it's a bit clear for me.
s.match( /^abc/ )   ->  regex_match(s,regex("^abc"), match_default| 
match_single_line)
s.match( /^abc/m )   ->  regex_match(s,regex("^abc"), match_default)
s.match( /^abc/i )   ->  regex_match(s,regex("^abc"), icase)

> First off remember that regex_match doesn't *search*, it succeeds only 
> if the whole of the expression matches the whole of the text, so you 
> really need to be using regex_search.

global is of course for search / replace, my mistake sorry

> 
>> regex_match(string, regex("^abc"), match_default)
>> regex_match(string, regex("^abc"), match_default | icase) // <- is it 
>> correct?
both aren't correct (need match_single_line)