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Re: again strsplit [message #37745 is a reply to message #37734]

Wed, 21 January 2004 08:42

savoieNoSpam
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Registered: January 2004

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Reimar Bauer <R.Bauer@fz-juelich.de> writes:

> Hi all
>
> I have learned the /regex keyword but who could explain this:
>
> a='ABC$DEF'
> print,strsplit(a,'$',/extr)
>
> ABC DEF
>
> and
>
> a='ABC$DEF'
> print,strsplit(a,'$',/extr,/regex)
>
> ABC$DEF
>
>
> Why is this differnt?

Because '$' is the regular expression for end of line. If you want to have
the actual dollar sign, you need to escape it with a back slash first.

IDL> print,strsplit(a,'\$',/extr,/regex)
ABC DEF

Helps?

Matt

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		Re: again strsplit By: tam on Thu, 22 January 2004 08:11
		Re: again strsplit By: R.Bauer on Thu, 22 January 2004 06:59
		Re: again strsplit By: savoieNoSpam on Wed, 21 January 2004 08:42
		Re: again strsplit By: tam on Wed, 21 January 2004 06:48
		Re: again strsplit By: btt on Wed, 21 January 2004 06:46
		Re: again strsplit By: Paolo Grigis on Wed, 21 January 2004 06:45

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