[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #38778] regexp('a', '\<\w') != 1

[Mike Miller]

Update of bug #38778 (project octave):

                  Status:               Confirmed => Patch Submitted        
                 Summary: regexp('a', '\<\w') != 1 => regexp('a', '<w') != 1 

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Follow-up Comment #3:

Right, because \b matches a backspace character for compatibility with
Matlab:


octave:1> regexp (char (8), '\b')
ans =  1


The attached change makes \< and \> both work like \b. It's not ideal, but
that may be the best we can do with PCRE. Do you know any way we can emulate
\< and \> properly with PCRE?

(file #27914)
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