Hello. I've come across a bug that I think best describes itself. public static void main(String args[]) { String regExp = "([:digit:]{2}[ /]?){3}[ /]?[:digit:]{4}"; System.out.println( regExp ); RE ISKtPattern = new RE( regExp ); //This turns out to be malformed, it leaves the "14/". System.out.println( ISKtPattern.subst( "Lorem 14/03/77 4229 ipsum", "WOOHOO!!!" ) ); regExp = "([:digit:][:digit:][ /]?){3}[ /]?[:digit:]{4}"; System.out.println( regExp ); ISKtPattern = new RE( regExp ); //This, however, runs just fine! System.out.println( ISKtPattern.subst( "Lorem 14/03/77 4229 ipsum", "WOOHOO!!!" ) ); } This will give you the output: ([:digit:]{2}[ /]?){3}[ /]?[:digit:]{4} Lorem 14/WOOHOO!!! ipsum ([:digit:][:digit:][ /]?){3}[ /]?[:digit:]{4} Lorem WOOHOO!!! ipsum Shouldn't these two regular expressions yield the same result? Kind regards, Stefan. -------------------------------------------- Stefan Freyr Stefansson Software Developer deCODE Genetics, Inc. http://www.decode.com Phone: (+354) 570 2854 GSM: (+354) 861 1718 Fax: (+354) 491 3782 <<Stefan Stefansson.vcf>>
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