Let's say you have the following text: "This is a test"
And this regular expression: /(?<=this).*/gi The match would be this: " is a test" Works fine as far as I can tell. Greetz Erik On 5/25/08, Janis Radins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for a resource. > Theres lookbehind in list of operators but I just cant get it working. I > just tried to test some other simple lookbehind expressions and they doesnt > work too. > > > sestdiena, 2008, 24 maijs 19:55 EECOLOR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> rakstīja: > >> 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 >>> >> >> > >
