Rob> Quoting from : <url:http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_36_0/libs/regex/doc/html/boost_regex/ref/regex_match.html>
Rob> <quote> Rob> Important Rob> Note that the result is true only if the expression matches the Rob> whole of the input sequence. If you want to search for an Rob> expression somewhere within the sequence then use regex_search. If Rob> you want to match a prefix of the character string then use Rob> regex_search with the flag match_continuous set. Rob> </quote> Rob> So yes it does. Thanks. I'll try and convince my colleague to use regex_search instead of regex_match. Skip -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list