From: Rob Biedenharn <Rob@...>
Date: 2007-05-24T06:31:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Odd Regexp Issue

On May 23, 2007, at 5:10 PM, Kyle Heck wrote:
> Well, that seemed to do the trick :D
>
> Thanks a lot, I didn't know that regexp only applied to one line by
> default, HRM!
>
> Thanks,
> Kyle Heck

Actually, it is the . expression that doesn't match a newline without  
the 'm' option.  That option just changes '.' from matching "any  
character except a newline" to matching "any character".  The Regular  
Expression section of chapter 22 in the pickaxe covers all this (p. 
324-328)

-Rob

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