Re: RegExp I give up

On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 08:04 -0700, Spencer Elliott wrote:

Hi,
I have the following regular expression:
^(MDB)[\w\W]*(Final.PDF|Final.pdf)$

I am familiar with \w as shorthand for [_A-Za-z0-9] and the web site you
cite below accepts space or hyphen and I know not what else for \W.
Anyway, the expression
[-A-Za-z0-9_ ]+
matches the middle part of your test input.

This expression test as true against the following string:
MDB MO3-09 Final.PDF
at http://www.regular-expressions.info/javascriptexample.html

I run the same expression and string through the iSeries RegExp APIs and
it fails(returns 1).

Does anyone have any idea where there is a online test that matches the
IBM APIs or can figure out what I am doing incorrectly?

Even a quick reference guide to the details on the iSeries would be a
help. I am sure I am just overlooking it, but it is frustrating to be
reduced to experimentation.

Cheers,
Terry.

BTW: The OCEAN conference was great!

My program works with another expression to test email addresses.
^[A-Za-z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\.[A-Za-z]{2,6}$

Thanks,
Spencer


---snip---
/*---( Compile pattern )---*/
rc = regcomp(&preg, wrkPattern, REG_EXTENDED);
if (rc != 0) {
regerror(rc, &preg, errMsg, sizeof(errMsg));
PatError(100, (char *) pattern, (char *) errMsg);

regfree(&preg);

if (matchString != inpString) {
free((void *) matchString);
matchString = NULL;
}
return (0);
}

/*---( Run Pattern )---*/
if ( (rc = regexec(&preg, matchString, nmatch, pmatch, 0)) != 0 ) {
regerror(rc, &preg, errMsg, sizeof(errMsg));
---snip---