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mrmikel · 05-11-2014, 11:01 AM

100% with theducks. There is NOTHING regular about regular expressions, except it regularly gives you headaches. Sigil regex is not the same as calibre regex, which is not the same as .....!

BTW be very careful that if your search expression contains a period, you are not set to regex. Period means something in regex beyond just a period, unless it is prefaced with a \. You will get interesting or hair-tearing results...I know. I have.

05-11-2014, 11:01 AM	#22
mrmikel Color me gone Posts: 2,089 Karma: 1445295 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Oregon Coast Device: PRS-300	100% with theducks. There is NOTHING regular about regular expressions, except it regularly gives you headaches. Sigil regex is not the same as calibre regex, which is not the same as .....! BTW be very careful that if your search expression contains a period, you are not set to regex. Period means something in regex beyond just a period, unless it is prefaced with a \. You will get interesting or hair-tearing results...I know. I have. Last edited by mrmikel; 05-11-2014 at 11:07 AM.