Re: [Chicken-users] string-search vs. string-match

[felix winkelmann]

On 11/1/06, Dan <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I thought string-match (in unit regex) was supposed to
> match a regexp at the beginning of a string, while
> string-search would *search* for that regexp. At least
> that's what the manual seems to say. But
>
> csi> (string-match (regexp "(a*)(b*)") "xxaabb")
> ("" "" "")
> csi> (string-search (regexp "(a*)(b*)") "xxaabb")
> ("" "" "")
> csi> (string-search (regexp "(a*)(b*)") "aabb")
> ("aabb" "aa" "bb")

The regular expression (a*)(b*) matches the empty string.
Replacing "*" with "+" will make your example work.


cheers,
felix
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