From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2008-01-15T00:32:46+09:00
Subject: Re: regular expression

2008/1/14, Johnathan Smith <stu_09@hotmail.com>:
> thank you.
>
> what ive basically got now is
>
> \w{7}(ed|ing)
>
> was basically works for ing but only matches a 9 letter word for ed
>
> there must be a better way to do it
> ive been playing around to with no luck

Maybe you should rather *read* what people write if they take the time
to help you.

> any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

Have been made already.

Cheers

robert

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