Re: [Boost-users] Validating file names using regex

From: Jean-Sebastien Vachon (js.vachon_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-13 07:33:44

On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 10:59:54 +0100, John Maddock wrote:

>> ((((|(^\\\\[^\\;:\'\"<>]+\\[^\\]+\\)))))(((([^\\;:\'\"\<\>]+)\\)*)*)((([^\\;:\'\"<>]*))(\.?([^\\:;\'\"<>]+)))?)
> 
> Is the (^([a-z]:\\?) part supposed to match "c:" ?  If so it won't because 
> of the literal "?".
> 
> There are several possible candidates at http://regexlib.com BTW as well.
> 
> John.

In the (^([a-z]:\\?) I want to make the last \ optionnal not to have
a literal ?.

Should I change this to: "(^([a-z]:\\\?)" ?