It should have a look behind. I think you can find all your answers here: http://gskinner.com/RegExr/
There is also an Air version available. At the right side you can find the capabilities. Greetz Erik On 5/24/08, Janis Radins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey people! > > I'm playing here with some RegExp stuff. Should have learned it long time > ago tho I started just recently. > So, i was playing with syntax highlighter in AS3 and stumbled upon > difficulties on how to match doc tag inside block comment. > > After several hours I came up with genius expression - > /(?<=\/\*(?:[^*]|\*[^*\/])*)(@\w*)/mg > It works perfectly in text editor I'm using to test expressions but it > halts in AS3. > Each of the groups select what they are supposed to perfectly, but they do > not work togeather. > > I did some googling and couldnt find definitive answer what might be the > problem. > So, could it be that AS3 RegExp engine doesn't implement lookbehind? > > Can anyone confirm that or maybe someone knows how comet that bastid > doesn't work in AS3? > > thanks in advance > Jānis > >
