Re: Running a regular expression on an NSString
Re: Running a regular expression on an NSString
- Subject: Re: Running a regular expression on an NSString
- From: "Jeff Galyan" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2002 11:14:17 -0700
I had assumed it was part of the standard library since I never had to link
with anything special to get it (on Solaris, Irix, Linux... Just -lc). If
it's not part of the standard library, then I assumed wrong. Let's not
clutter the list with any more on this, please.
--Jeff
On 1/5/02 7:26 AM, "Gregory Weston" <email@hidden> wrote:
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On 1/5/02 at 1:24 PM, you wrote:
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> Gregory,
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>>>>>>> Gregory Weston (GW) wrote at Fri, 4 Jan 2002 21:18:13 -0500:
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> GW> >Why not use the std C regex functionality on a C string?
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> GW>
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> GW> Possibly because there is no regex functionality provided by the C
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> GW> standard.
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> man regex
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I'm aware of that, but you've missed my point. I'll reiterate: regex
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functionality is not part of the C standard, which was implied by the post to
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which I responded. There's a difference between "commonly available" and
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"standard." That difference is significant in an environment where rigorous
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validation of components is mandatory.
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G
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