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Re: documentation bug re character range expressions


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: documentation bug re character range expressions
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:30:35 -0600
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On 06/03/2011 10:15 AM, Marcel (Felix) Giannelia wrote:
> Alright -- assuming that for the moment, how does one specify
> [ABCDEFGHIJKL] using [[:upper:]]? This is something that I haven't seen
> documented, and I'm genuinely curious.

[ABCDEFGHIJKL]

If you ever want a subset of [[:upper:]], the _only_ portable ways to
guarantee that you are getting just that subset are to use the C locale
or to spell out the range yourself.

In short, ranges are non-portable in all other locales.

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Eric Blake   eblake@redhat.com    +1-801-349-2682
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