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Re: How to use [[ string =~ regexp ]]?
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Bob Proulx |
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Re: How to use [[ string =~ regexp ]]? |
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Sun, 21 May 2006 21:20:31 -0600 |
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Chet Ramey wrote:
> It seems reasonable that quoting any part of the rhs to the =~
> operator should cause it to behave in the same manner.
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> Since the arguments to [[ don't undergo any of the expansions that
> require quoting to protect them, there's no reason for =~ to act
> differently than the other operators that do pattern matching.
That makes sense to me. Thanks for the clarification and education.
Bob