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Re: StringMatchQ and Regular Expressions

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  • Subject: [mg88408] Re: StringMatchQ and Regular Expressions
  • From: David Bailey <dave at Remove_Thisdbailey.co.uk>
  • Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 06:09:24 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <fvhdu8$3p6$1@smc.vnet.net>

Mark Westwood wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I'm running Mathematica v6.0.2 on Windows XP.
> 
> I define a regex thus:
> 
> doStmt = RegularExpression["do(?=\\s*\\w+=)"];
> 
> and then execute:
> 
> StringCases["doindex= ", doStmt]
> 
> which brings the response
> 
> {do}
> 
> I then execute
> 
> StringMatchQ["doindex= ", doStmt]
> 
> which brings the response
> 
> False
> 
> I had expected that if StringCases found any cases, then StringMatchQ
> would return True.  Obviously this is not the case, but can anyone out
> there throw light upon this.
> 
> Thanks for any insights you can give me
> 
> Mark Westwood
> 
StringMatchQ returns true if the WHOLE string matches the given pattern 
- not just part of it.

David Bailey
http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk


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