regexp:first_match

[Bengt Kleberg]

> To: Niels Christensen <christen@REDACTED>
> cc: erlang-questions@REDACTED
> Subject: Re: regexp:first_match 
> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 12:33:46 +0000
> From: Robert Raschke <rtr@REDACTED>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I don't know much about the regexp module in Erlang, but in general
> all (?) regexp packages try and match the longest sequence. Try

According to the documentation
regexp:match()
will get thet longest match, exactly as you state.

regexp:first_match()
is documented as only matching the first match (which should be the one Niels 
Christensen wanted).

bengt