Hi,
i'm trying to get the right regexp to find a single-quote string. i
came up wtih:
'(.|\n)*?'
my questions:
1. is that an efficient regexp, or is there a quicker way?
2. it sitll doesnt account for double single quotes , like 'bla bla ''
bla bla', which are essentialy one string. anybody has any idea how to
do this?
thanks
Steve Alpert - 23 Sep 2007 14:43 GMT
Do you know what a finite state machine is?
Assume you want either single or double quotes.
0. Starting character is either single or double quote
1. All but starting character
2. Starting character
That should capture
"this is a double quote'd string"
'this "also" is parsed'
/steveA
> Hi,
> i'm trying to get the right regexp to find a single-quote string. i
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>
> thanks

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