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Mixx · 03-08-2011, 12:33 PM

Hi,

I just noticed something: if I do a search&replace on the author

Björn, Weiße (made it up for the example's sake)

with the regexp

Code:

(\w+), (\w+)

and replace it with

Code:

|\1|\2|

I get

Code:

Weiß|e|Bj|örn

Is this as it should be? My LOCALE is currently German and would not one have to get a match for ö and ß on regexp \w? They seem to be treated as non-alphabetic characters.

Thanxx, Mixx

PS: On "Weisse, Bjoern" I do get "|Weisse|Bjoern|", of course.

03-08-2011, 12:33 PM	#1
Mixx Zealot Posts: 143 Karma: 387 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kindle 3	Is this as it supposed to be? (Regexp issue?) Hi, I just noticed something: if I do a search&replace on the author Björn, Weiße (made it up for the example's sake) with the regexp Code: (\w+), (\w+) and replace it with Code: \|\1\|\2\| I get Code: Weiß\|e\|Bj\|örn Is this as it should be? My LOCALE is currently German and would not one have to get a match for ö and ß on regexp \w? They seem to be treated as non-alphabetic characters. Thanxx, Mixx PS: On "Weisse, Bjoern" I do get "\|Weisse\|Bjoern\|", of course.