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Title: compiled regex and ends-with
Post by: jopython on June 14, 2013, 06:48:30 PM

Is it possible to use compiled regex with the ends-with function?

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(set 'dt (regex-comp {(w+)}))

(ends-with "delta" dt 0x10000)  => ERR: regular expression in function ends-with : "error -4 when executing"

Title: Re: compiled regex and ends-with
Post by: Lutz on June 15, 2013, 06:42:35 AM

ends-with will not work with compiled regex patterns because it internally appends a $ (end of text) character to the pattern. If the pattern is already compiled that causes an error. But starts-with and others will work, as they do not change the pattern internally.

This will be added to the documentation.

Title: Re: compiled regex and ends-with
Post by: jopython on June 16, 2013, 06:54:29 PM

Thank you Lutz. newLisp has one of the best documentation for any Lisps I have seen around.

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