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DTM · 03-25-2006, 08:22 AM

You're welcome! Glad I could help.

Just a clarification for those who are trying to understand the syntax of these things. In the above post I have SunriseXP match the pattern:

http://www\.aciprensa\.com/calendario/calendario\.php(.*)

This works, but strictly speaking I should have written:

http://www\.aciprensa\.com/calendario/calendario\.php.*

The first expression matches anything at the end and saves the (.*) part so it can be referred to as $1 in the rewrite expression. The second expression, without the parentheses, would also match anything at the end, but does not save the ending part. Since I'm not rewriting the link, the result is the same whether I save the ending or not so there is no need to specify that it should be saved. This is why you will see some expressions with (.*) and others with just .*

03-25-2006, 08:22 AM	#7
DTM Intentionally Left Blank Posts: 172 Karma: 300106 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Royal Oak, MI, USA Device: Nook STR	You're welcome! Glad I could help. Just a clarification for those who are trying to understand the syntax of these things. In the above post I have SunriseXP match the pattern: http://www\.aciprensa\.com/calendario/calendario\.php(.) This works, but strictly speaking I should have written: http://www\.aciprensa\.com/calendario/calendario\.php. The first expression matches anything at the end and saves the (.) part so it can be referred to as $1 in the rewrite expression. The second expression, without the parentheses, would also match anything at the end, but does not save the ending part. Since I'm not rewriting the link, the result is the same whether I save the ending or not so there is no need to specify that it should be saved. This is why you will see some expressions with (.) and others with just .*