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author | paul@central.snake.net <> | 2001-02-08 20:51:12 -0600 |
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committer | paul@central.snake.net <> | 2001-02-08 20:51:12 -0600 |
commit | 7502b5d37c9a60a283ff4e5225a9315e1d9b5776 (patch) | |
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parent | 2c06eda263aae802fa906cbaf82bd9f69734ed97 (diff) | |
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manual.texi small changes to regex appendix
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diff --git a/Docs/manual.texi b/Docs/manual.texi index 95571fd77a1..27894a9480f 100644 --- a/Docs/manual.texi +++ b/Docs/manual.texi @@ -47314,7 +47314,7 @@ really ``thread aware''. A regular expression (regex) is a powerful way of specifying a complex search. @strong{MySQL} uses Henry Spencer's implementation of regular -expressions, which is aimed to conform to POSIX +expressions, which is aimed at conformance with POSIX 1003.2. @strong{MySQL} uses the extended version. This is a simplistic reference that skips the details. To get more exact @@ -47331,7 +47331,7 @@ they can match more than one string. For example, the regexp @code{word}. As a more complex example, the regexp @code{B[an]*s} matches any of the -strings @code{Bananas}, @code{Baaaaas}, @code{Bs} and any other string +strings @code{Bananas}, @code{Baaaaas}, @code{Bs}, and any other string starting with a @code{B}, ending with an @code{s}, and containing any number of @code{a} or @code{n} characters in between. @@ -47413,9 +47413,9 @@ An atom followed by a bound containing two integers @code{i} and @code{j} matches a sequence of @code{i} through @code{j} (inclusive) matches of the atom. -Both arguments must @code{0 >= value <= RE_DUP_MAX (default 255)}. -If there are two arguments, the second must be greater than or equal to the -first. +Both arguments must be in the range from @code{0} to @code{RE_DUP_MAX} +(default 255), inclusive. If there are two arguments, the second must be +greater than or equal to the first. @item [a-dX] @itemx [^a-dX] Matches |