- From: Robert Waldstein <wald@library.ho.lucent.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 09:09:12 -0400
- To: Robert Sanderson <azaroth@liverpool.ac.uk>
- Cc: www-zig@w3.org
On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 01:06:26PM +0100, Robert Sanderson wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Sep 2002, Robert Waldstein wrote:
>
> > > The SRW implementors need word masking, and this
> > > has been added to the proposal.
>
> > Please explain the '|' == word masking
> > a|b matches 'a' followed by white space, followed by one
> > or more strings of non-white space characters,
> > followed by white space, followed by a 'b'? True?
>
> | currently means zero or more words. (Or should do according to the
> discussion on the SRW list)
>
> So "a b" would match, as would "a c b"
THe proposal definitely says "one or more words" - I would not expect
"a b" to match??
"axxxb" would not? I.e the white following the "a" is important?
"axxx b" would not? THat is "a|b" says "a" is an intact indexed "word"?
bob
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