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Old 06-21-2004, 09:18 AM   #1
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regexp search for [

I know that the bracket is used to construct a regular expression. But what do you do if you want to search for a pattern that consists of [[08]] ?
 
Old 06-21-2004, 12:01 PM   #2
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quotes? "[[08]]"
 
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Escape them?
\[\[

Really depends on which tool and regex you're
talking about, too :)


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Old 06-22-2004, 02:15 AM   #4
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I should have thought of that! Thanks guys!
 
  


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