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in thread broken regex

That's why we're here. \b is the word boundary metacharacter. And thanks for the code tags! :)

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Re^4: broken regex
by elwood (Initiate) on Sep 15, 2006 at 12:58 UTC
    doh! of course! something about not seeing the forest for the trees :-)
    thanks
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