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Re: Help eliminate backing-up states
From: |
John W. Millaway |
Subject: |
Re: Help eliminate backing-up states |
Date: |
Sun, 23 Dec 2001 16:06:49 -0800 (PST) |
> I cannot seem to eliminate a backing up state... The corresponding rule
> is:
>
> \.([+-][0-9]{1,10})? { do_something; }
>
> Ie: the rule must match a literal ".", optionally followed by a "+" or a
> "-" followed by a number. It must not match a "." followed by number.
>
> Ie all the following are valid:
>
> .
> .+1
> .-3145785
> .+783655
Add one "error" rule to match the text that would have backed up (see the
manual):
\.[+-] { printf("error, illegal token. but no backing up anymore"); }
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