Oh, that might be it. The newline at the end of the string might be what is throwing a wrench into things. Though, to be fair, when I used re-matches yesterday the newline wasn't an issue.
Nonetheless, I can work with re-find/re-matcher for now. On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 11:28 AM Andy Fingerhut <andy.finger...@gmail.com> wrote: > The doc string for re-matches says that it > uses java.util.regex.Matcher.matches(). The Java doc page for the class > java.util.regex.Matcher [1] says "The matches > <https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/regex/Matcher.html#matches--> > method > attempts to match the entire input sequence against the pattern." > > The doc string for re-find says that it > uses java.util.regex.Matcher.find(). On [1] you can find the statement " > The find > <https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/regex/Matcher.html#find--> > method > scans the input sequence looking for the next subsequence that matches the > pattern." > > I haven't dug into your regex and string in detail, but most likely what > is happening is that the regex matches part of the string, but it doesn't > match the _entire_ string. > > Andy > > [1] https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/regex/Matcher.html > > > > > On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 11:16 AM Randy J. Ray <rj...@blackperl.com> wrote: > >> I must be doing something wrong here, but I cannot figure this out. >> >> The following results in "nil" from re-matches: >> >> (re-matches #"\[((\d+)-(\d+)-(\d+) (\d\d):(\d\d))\] (.*)" "[1518-05-27 >> 00:42] falls asleep\n") >> >> This, however, properly matches the line and produces the backreferences: >> >> (re-find (re-matcher #"\[((\d+)-(\d+)-(\d+) (\d\d):(\d\d))\] (.*)" >> "[1518-05-27 00:42] falls asleep\n")) >> >> I've used re-matches many times, but this has me stumped. This is >> behaving this way on both 1.8.0 and 1.9.0. >> >> Randy >> -- >> Randy J. Ray - randy.j....@gmail.com - twitter.com/rjray >> Silicon Valley Scale Modelers: http://www.svsm.org >> Sunnyvale, CA >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Clojure" group. >> To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com >> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with >> your first post. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Clojure" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Randy J. Ray - randy.j....@gmail.com - twitter.com/rjray Silicon Valley Scale Modelers: http://www.svsm.org Sunnyvale, CA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
