Commit 02a0b3b8 authored by Andrew M. Kuchling's avatar Andrew M. Kuchling

[bug #692016] update description of {m,n} modifier; you can omit the lower bound

parent 85f3227a
......@@ -129,9 +129,10 @@ not five.
\item[\code{\{\var{m},\var{n}\}}] Causes the resulting RE to match from
\var{m} to \var{n} repetitions of the preceding RE, attempting to
match as many repetitions as possible. For example, \regexp{a\{3,5\}}
will match from 3 to 5 \character{a} characters. Omitting \var{n}
specifies an infinite upper bound; you can't omit \var{m}. As an
example, \regexp{a\{4,\}b} will match \code{aaaab}, a thousand
will match from 3 to 5 \character{a} characters. Omitting \var{m}
specifies a lower bound of zero,
and omitting \var{n} specifies an infinite upper bound. As an
example, \regexp{a\{4,\}b} will match \code{aaaab} or a thousand
\character{a} characters followed by a \code{b}, but not \code{aaab}.
The comma may not be omitted or the modifier would be confused with
the previously described form.
......
Markdown is supported
0%
or
You are about to add 0 people to the discussion. Proceed with caution.
Finish editing this message first!
Please register or to comment