[erlang-questions] beginner: How should regexp:split/2 be replaced?

[Ahmed Omar]

I mean i understand it's different indexing, but was there specific reason
to change that?

On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Ahmed Omar <spawn.think@REDACTED> wrote:

> regexp:split("Hello world, Hello", "[ ]*,[ ]*").
> {ok,["Hello world","Hello"]}
>
> re:split("Hello world, Hello", "[ ]*,[ ]*",[{return, list}]).
> ["Hello world","Hello"]
>
> regexp:matches("Hello \n","\n").
> {match,[{7,1}]}
>
> re:run("Hello \n","\n").
> {match,[{6,1}]}
>
> but i'm not sure why the start position is different here
>
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Bengt Kleberg <bengt.kleberg@REDACTED
> > wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I have inherited some code without a test directory. I get the following
>> compiler warnings:
>> ./compile_funcs.erl:603: Warning: regexp:split/2: the regexp module is
>> deprecated (will be removed in R15A); use the re module instead
>> ./compile_funcs.erl:645: Warning: regexp:matches/2: the regexp module is
>> deprecated (will be removed in R15A); use the re module instead
>>
>> The lines are:
>>            {ok, Class} = regexp:split(Class0, "[ ]*,[ ]*"),
>> and
>>    {match,A}=regexp:matches(String,"\n"),
>>
>> I thought "[ ]*,[ ]*" would mean:
>> the character class of " " (space), 0 or many times, followed by literal
>> "," followed by the character class of " " (space), 0 or many times.
>>
>> This is not the case and I am not having any luck with randomly
>> constructing strings to find one that triggers a Class that is different
>> from Class0.
>>
>> Perhaps someone knows what "[ ]*,[ ]*" really means, and what to replace
>> these with when using the re module.
>>
>>
>> bengt
>>
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