[debbugs-tracker] bug#24609: closed (egrep '2\.?[0–9]' datafile does not work as expected)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: egrep '2\.?[0–9]' datafile does not work as expected Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2016 15:38:00 +0800

Dear Sir/Madam:

      I put all files in the atttachment.

       cat datafile

northwest NW Charles Main 3.0 .98 3 34

western WE Sharon Gray 5.3 .97 5 23

southwest SW Lewis Dalsass 2.7 .8 2 18

southern SO Suan Chin 5.1 .95 4 15

southeast SE Patricia Hemenway 4.0 .7 4 17

eastern EA TB Savage 4.4 .84 5 20

northeast NE AM Main Jr. 5.1 .94 3 13

north NO Margot Weber 4.5 .89 5 9

central CT Ann Stephens 5.7 .94 5 13

989

egrep '2\.?[0–9]' datafile

eastern EA TB Savage 4.4 .84 5 20

egrep '2\.{0,1}[0–9]' datafile

eastern EA TB Savage 4.4 .84 5 20

egrep '2\.\{0,1\}[0–9]' datafile

egrep '2\.{0,1}[0-9]' datafile

western WE Sharon Gray 5.3 .97 5 23

southwest SW Lewis Dalsass 2.7 .8 2 18

eastern EA TB Savage 4.4 .84 5 20

egrep -n '2\.{0,1}[0-9]' datafile

2:western WE Sharon Gray 5.3 .97 5 23

3:southwest SW Lewis Dalsass 2.7 .8 2 18

6:eastern EA TB Savage 4.4 .84 5 20

Best Regards,

Bruce

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> On 10/04/2016 12:38 AM, Lam Bruce wrote:
> > egrep '2\.?[0–9]' datafile
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> I don't see any bug here. That bracket expression matches only the three 
> characters, 0, –, 9, because – (U+2013, EN DASH) is an ordinary 
> character. If you want a range you need to use - (U+002D, HYPHEN-MINUS).
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