- From: Dean Edwards <dean@edwards.name>
- Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 00:33:05 +0100
Michel Fortin wrote: > Something about the pattern attribute in Web Forms got me thinking: > >> The regular expression language used for this attribute is the same as >> that defined in [ECMA262], except that the pattern attribute implies a >> ^ at the start of the pattern and a $ at the end (so the pattern must >> match the entire value, not just any subset). > > Does that mean that a pattern attribute like "foo|bar" should translate > to /^foo|bar$/ ? Wouldn't it make more sense it it was /^(foo|bar)$/ > with the parentesis? > You have a point. Would implied parentheses cause any side effects? None that I can think of... -dean
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