According to Alan Chandler, > On Wednesday 04 May 2005 08:41, Mr Mike wrote: > > On Saturday 30 April 2005 03:42 pm, Alan Chandler wrote: > > > I am using PHP and I am trying to parse a string into substrings > ... > > > > You know... if I ask this sorta question all I get is RTFM and in reality > > that's the correct answer... When I had regex questions I bought a couple > > books and spent hours and hours reading and experimenting till I figured > > out what I needed... My personal thoughts here is, this guys' gettin a > > free pass... while I ask for help on a legitimate topic like my apt CDROM > > method fuckin up and nobody gives it a second look... > > I get plenty of questions that I ask here ignored, but I don't fret - I read > some more, figure a way of asking the question differently and try again. > > In this particular case, I read the manual thoroughly - but got confused > because I was asking a "not" match question. So I googled around to try and > find the answer, but no luck. > > I then came here to ask the question - and I tried to ask it in such a way > that it would be an interesting puzzle for someone who thought they really > understood regex's. (should that be regex\'s :-))
There's enough traffic here that I doubt if anyone reads all the messages. Your best bet is to ask a clear and careful question. I tend to help when I can but I skip questions that are vague or lazy require research time or are over my head (well, sometimes I put my 2c in there too ;-) ). Oh, and if the subject line is vague or on a topic I have no interest, I never even get to the body. I read a message mostly when I think I may learn something. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]