Re: [Boost-users] Boost.Regex - Match whole word

From: Ovanes Markarian (om_boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-20 04:36:15

Hi LS,

I think you should consult regex syntax first. There are many possibilities
to do so. One of them is (\w)* means greedy match of as many words as
possible.

There are some regex tutorials on the internet, google for them. Boost.Regex
is a lib which supports the syntax of different regex specifications (Perl,
POSIX ...)

With Kind Regards,
Ovanes 

-----Original Message-----
From: skywalker Luke [mailto:skywal_l_at_[hidden]] 
Sent: Dienstag, 20. März 2007 08:23
To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
Subject: [Boost-users] Boost.Regex - Match whole word

Hi All,

  I'm developing my own grep tool and I would like to specify an option to
match a whole word. Which mean, if I'm looking for 'main' I don't want to
match 'mainVariation' but things like 'main(int' or 'one,main,two'. The
equivalent of what you will find in any decent search tool :).

  I look through regex documentation and didn't find anything about that. If
it's not implemented, is it planned to be ? Or shall the Boost.Regex user
handle this applying some pre-processing on the regular expression to
perform such task ?

  Thank you.

LS

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