Re: [PHP4BETA] preg_replace Q

At 14:01 20.4.2000 -0500, Andrei Zmievski wrote the following: -------------------------------------------------------------- >That is a generic PCRE library manual. It was not written with PHP in >mind and since it talks only about PCRE syntax, it mentions only that >you need to escape $ with a backslash if you want to use it literally. ------end of quote------ Ok, so provided I don't use any variables in the pattern I can enclose the pattern in apostrophes, and thus use only \$. Gooooooooooood. I will bear this in my mind. From the manual: The use of subpatterns for more complicated assertions is described below. The backslashed assertions are \b word boundary \B not a word boundary Excuse me if I'm wrong, but isn't this a bug? Or is my English so poor? I would think that \b\$ means '$ when it's the first or the last character in a word'. Furthermore, if the manual is completely wrong and the current state of this assertion is correct, there seems to be a great inconsistency. Again, from the manual: \d any decimal digit \D any character that is not a decimal digit \s any whitespace character \S any character that is not a whitespace character \w any "word" character \W any "non-word" character lowercase letter are 'positive', while uppercase ones are 'negative'. Seems like \b & \B have it other way around. ____________________________________________________________ Cynic: A member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who taught that virtue constitutes happiness and that self control is the essential part of virtue. cynic@mail.cz ICQ: 2808 2505