group in regexp ?

[Robert Virding]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "HP Wei" <hp@REDACTED>
To: <erlang-questions@REDACTED>
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 8:06 PM
Subject: group in regexp ?


> > regexp:matches("  first=string second=test end", 
>                  "first=(.*) second=(.*) end").
> {match,[{3,28}]}
> 
> *** How do I get the matched string in the first group ?
> 
>   first group match  = string
>   second group match = test

You can't do it at the moment, but I am working on an upgrade
to the regexp module which includes this. It works but needs
some more checking before I release it.

Robert