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Re: non-greedy matching?

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From: Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>
To: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxx (Zsh hackers list)
Subject: Re: non-greedy matching?
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 16:02:31 +0000
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 21 Mar 2001 15:52:39 GMT." <Tc0a88d01526e534d4a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> % foo='%{one%}hello%{two%}'
> % print ${(S)foo//[%]\{*[%]\}}
> hello
> 
> Don't ask me why you need to put the `%' in square brackets --- there may
> be some stray (s)printf in the code, for example.  (Do tell me if you know
> what it is.)

I just realised: //% means match only at the end.
  % print ${(S)foo//\\%\{*[%]\}}
also works.  I always loathed that syntax: it's unmemorable and hacky (all
right, it's not on its own).

-- 
Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>                  Software Engineer
CSR Ltd., Unit 300, Science Park, Milton Road,
Cambridge, CB4 0XL, UK                          Tel: +44 (0)1223 392070

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- Re: non-greedy matching?
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