Re: [Regexp] Please help a newbie...

[Wes Biggs]

Giuseppe Greco wrote:
> Hi to everybody.
>
> I'm trying to count the occurrence of a single character
> in a string with a regexp like this:
>
> expr "1.3.4.5": 's/[^.]*//g'
>
> ... but I always get 0 as a result...
>
> I need to know how many points are there in string "1.3.4.5"
>
> What is wrong in my regexp?
>
> Thanks a lot,

Giuseppe--

Are you using the Java gnu.regexp package?  That's what this list is 
for.  If you're having general regular expression problems people here 
might be able to help, but the syntax in sed, awk, etc., varies from the 
way the Java API typically works.

If you are using the Java package, can you post your Java code?  It 
would help the rest of us debug your problem.

Wes