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

From: Skywalker Luke (skywal_l_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-23 11:36:21

Eric Niebler <eric <at> boost-consulting.com> writes:
> <aside>
> Had you been using xpressive, you could do this as follows:
> 
>    sregex rex = ... make a regex object ... ;
> 
>    // make rex "whole word" by wrapping it in begin-
>    // and end-of-word assertions
>    rex = bow >> rex >> eow;
> 
> Although munging the regex string like John suggests works, too.
> </aside>
> 

Hi Eric,

 Sorry I didn't know xpressive. Actually I don't find it in the Boost
documentation... You may want to add something in
http://www.boost.org/libs/libraries.htm. As for me, it's my entry point to Boost
documentation...

 Thanks for your help.