Re: [Boost-users] Regex Submatch Position Question

From: Lynn Allan (l_d_allan_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-07 18:03:51

If I understand your question, the snippet sample code related to "Captures" 
can be adapted:
http://www.boost.org/libs/regex/doc/captures.html

HTH

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Subject: Regex Submatch Position Question

> Hi all,
>
> Quick question about the Boost::Regex library.  Is there a way to
> identify, with sub-matches, where a match in the search string is made and
> the length of the match?  For instance, with the following regular
> expression and search string:
>
> Regex ==> "(\d+)"
> Search String ==> "Give me 100 dollars or give me 2001 dollars."
>
> Is there a way to determine that the subexpression matched at positions 8
> and 31 in the search string, and that the lengths of the matches were
> three and four characters?
>
> Thanks