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jg - 31 Aug 2005 06:48 GMT

I am try to match string with a period some place.
somehow the period in a pattern matches any character whether escaped or
not, also in [].

I was a bit surprised as my understanding almost any characters in [] are
supposed to be matching itself.

what should I do?

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jg - 31 Aug 2005 07:02 GMT

Please ignore this thread. I finally got it. must have made a mistake
earlier

>I am try to match string with a period some place.
> somehow the period in a pattern matches any character whether escaped or
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>
> what should I do?

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