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   Ben Hanson to Hans-Peter Diettrich   
   Re: Regular expression string searching    
   13 Mar 18 14:23:40   
   
   From: jamin.hanson@googlemail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, 13 March 2018 19:33:53 UTC, Hans-Peter Diettrich  wrote:   
   > > State: 0   
   > >    [/] -> 1   
   > >   
   > > State: 1   
   > >    [*] -> 2   
   > >   
   > > State: 2   
   > >    [^*] -> 2   
   > >    [*] -> 3   
   >   
   > I'm just curious about the notation.   
   > What happens if neither pattern matches?   
   > What's the purpose of [^*] in state 2, as opposed to state 1?   
      
   In state 2 you are either looping on [^*] (anything other than '*') or   
   changing state to state 3 on '*'.   
      
   I'm not sure I understand your question.   
      
   Regards,   
      
   Ben   
      
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