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authorpaul@central.snake.net <>2001-02-08 20:51:12 -0600
committerpaul@central.snake.net <>2001-02-08 20:51:12 -0600
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manual.texi small changes to regex appendix
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@@ -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]
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