In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Dr.Ruud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I negated the test, to make the regex simpler: [...]
Yes, your approach is simpler. I assumed from the "need it all
in one pattern" constraint that the OP is feeding the regular
expression to some other program that is looking for matches.
I dunno. Maybe it was the familiar compulsion with Perl to
attempt to cram everything into a single pattern.
Greg
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