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> Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 10:19:42 +0100 (BST) > From: Stephen Turner <sret1@ntlworld.com> > > # We want to find an earliest node to print. So look for lines finishing > # " $b", but which don't start "$b ". These stop $b being an earliest > # node at this point. > # > # (I wanted to save two strokes with /(?<!^$b) $b\n/ -- I don't know why > # it doesn't work.) It seems that /(?<!^...)/m doesn't fail to match at the start of the buffer, only when ^ is after a newline. Probably a bug... I wanted to use the construct too, and then ran out of time to make the solution work with an alternative. Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@diku.dk> (Humour NOT marked)Thread Previous