On Tue 30 March 2004, 22:34:01 +1000, Carsten Thönges wrote:

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> It's because the pattern doesn't need to match the whole subject.
> 
> This regexp should work: "^(.*?)(?: - .*)?$"

Thanks Carsten.

It's obvious once you explain it and, of course, it's the detail that is
so important.

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Robin Anson
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