Re^2: Regex: not the trailing whitespace

Huh? /[*#]+:?/ cannot eat the trailing whitespace.

No, I mean the (.*) would. The leading string of bullets is the prefix, and the content of the line after that is the "main item".

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Re^3: Regex: not the trailing whitespace by ikegami (Patriarch) on Apr 23, 2011 at 06:54 UTC
No, I mean the (.) would.* There is no /`(.)`/ in your code. If you mean the /`(.\S)`/, it can't eat the trailing whitespace either.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Regex: not the trailing whitespace by John M. Dlugosz (Monsignor) on Apr 23, 2011 at 07:56 UTC
I was explaining why I added \S to the end. The naive solution, a FAQ here, is (.*)(somethingelse).	[reply]
Re^5: Regex: not the trailing whitespace by ikegami (Patriarch) on Apr 23, 2011 at 08:01 UTC
You said you were explaining why you added the look-behind ("look-back") assertion. If that's your explanation for \S, what's your explanation for the look-behind assertion?	[reply]
Re^6: Regex: not the trailing whitespace by John M. Dlugosz (Monsignor) on Apr 23, 2011 at 08:03 UTC
Re^7: Regex: not the trailing whitespace by ikegami (Patriarch) on Apr 23, 2011 at 08:16 UTC