From: William James <w_a_x_man@...>
Date: 2006-03-10T20:13:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Small regexp question


francisrammeloo@hotmail.com wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am writing some refactoring code for a C++ project.
>
> I need to change:
>
>      class MyClass
>      {
>       ...
>      }
>
> to:
>
>      class IMP_EXP MyClass
>     {
>      ...
>     }
>
> The pattern I used to find a class definition line is:
>
>     line =~ /^\s*class\s+(\w+)/
>
> But I want to exclude forward class declarations ( class MyClass; )
>
> So I changed my pattern to:
>
>     line =~ /^\s*class\s+(\w+)\s*[^;]/    --> don't match if line ends
> with ";"
>
> But it doesn't work... Why?
>
> I ended up using:  if line !~ /;/ and line =~ /^\s*class\s+(\w+)/
>
> Hints?
>
> Any help will be appreciated,
> Best regards,
> 
> Francis

/^\s*class\s+(\w+)\s*$/