Re: [Boost-users] Regex alternation in xpressive

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Regex alternation in xpressive
From: Surya Kiran Gullapalli (suryakiran.gullapalli_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-03-11 05:57:57

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 15:58, OvermindDL1 <overminddl1_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 2:29 AM, Surya Kiran Gullapalli
> <suryakiran.gullapalli_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> >     >> ("st"|"nd"|"rd"|"th") ;
>
> That is because "st"|"nd"|etc... you are trying to 'or' two string
> constants, that makes no sense in C++.  You need to 'infect' the whole
> line by wrapping the first one with as_xpr as:
>      >> (as_xpr("st")|"nd"|"rd"|"th") ;
>

Thanks, it worked. I thought the first as_xpr would infect everything. but i
was mistaken.

Surya