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Old 02-22-2005, 03:19 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by mier
I've been trying to figure out how the regular expression syntax is handled.
Java uses Perl5-style regular expressions, which are used in a variety of languages. Try Googling for "regular expression tutorial".

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Originally Posted by mier
I was also trying the wildcard side of things since all I really wanted was to filter out URL's with "showrate" in them. I finally figured out that http*showrate* worked but *showrate* by itself would not. Any ideas there?
Sounds like a bug with wildcard matching. Will look into this.
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