Have you considered just trying to do your regexp through AWK or PHP?
> On May 13, 2014, at 6:05 PM, "Ken Ford" <ken.f...@firstmac.com.au> wrote: > > Hello U2 Users. > I have been using a UV Basic function I call REGEXP that takes a text string > and a PERL formatted regular expression and executes a PERL script and > returns a matched string if found. The problem is that it can't handle some > of the things in strings that are passed to it and PERL bombs. > Because of this, I am in the midst of writing a UV Basic interpreter of PERL > regular expressions, which is an interesting challenge. I checked via google > search for any such UV Basic program already out there, but found none. So I > am curious to know if anyone has done this, and if so, would care to share > the code. > Thanks to anyone who can assist. > > Ken Ford. > Firstmac Ltd > Brisbane, Australia. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Note: > This email (inc all attachments) is for the use of the intended recipient(s) > only. > Privileged or confidential information may be contained in this > communication. If you have received this email in error, please notify the > sender immediately and then delete all copies of this message from your > computer network. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not keep, > use, disclose, copy or distribute this email without the author's prior > permission. If you are the intended recipient and you do not wish to receive > similar electronic messages from us in future, then please respond to the > sender to this effect. > We have taken precautions to minimise the risk of transmitting software > viruses, but advise you to carry out your own virus checks on this email and > its attachments. We do not accept liability for any loss or damage caused by > software viruses and do not represent that this transmission is free from > viruses or other defects. > Firstmac Limited (ABN 59 094 145 963) (AFSL 290600) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users