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QuantumBeep · 02-21-2011, 03:10 AM

Consider the following title search:

^[\W0-9\s]+

I'd expect that to find all books whose titles begin with non-alphanumerics, numerals, and whitespace.

And so it does.

It also finds all books whose titles begin with "w" or "s". That's a surprise.
Any thoughts?

02-21-2011, 03:10 AM	#1
QuantumBeep Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: iPod Touch	Strange behavior with advanced catalog search (regex) Consider the following title search: ^[\W0-9\s]+ I'd expect that to find all books whose titles begin with non-alphanumerics, numerals, and whitespace. And so it does. It also finds all books whose titles begin with "w" or "s". That's a surprise. Any thoughts?