Re: [Boost-users] [regex] - Bug in boost::regex ??

From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-08-30 06:42:24

kiran wrote:
> Hi
>        I am trying to extract a pattern from a file. Actually there
> are 2 occurances of the pattern in the file, one in line 2-3 and
> other in line 4. But the program is only reporting the occurance in
> line 4.
>
>      The reason why i am giving (.|\n) coupled
> 'match_not_dot_newline' with is that i want the regex to be perl
> compatible.
>       Why is the program not reporting the first occurance ? Is this
> a bug ? I am attaching the code and  file.

It's doing exactly what the regex asks it to do: it matches everything from 
the first occurance of "Resurfacing" to the last occurance of "home".  There 
is only one such match in the document.

John.