In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michael Davey - Sun UK Support Engineer writes: >Okay, I think that what you are saying (reading between the lines) is >that >the substitution and replacement strings are parsed, but the input that >we search on is not parsed.
I see now that I never understood the original question. I didn't look at your example closely enough to see that you were using "\\a\\b..." in your input. >If this is the case, would it make sense to add a parser for the input >string? I don't think so because the objective is to search for patterns in Java strings, not Perl strings. You can always create your own input filter for your special purpose. daniel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
