Hi All,

I have a question regarding boost::regex pattern recognition and groups

I created the following code, in it i created a pattern and a string to match:

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p = "((a b (f+\\.))d d(\\3))"; str="a b ffff.d dfff."; boost::regex pattern(p,  boost::regex::icase&boost::regex::extended  &~boost::regex::no_bk_refs); bool match = boost::regex_match(str, pattern); cout << str << ((match)?"-Pattern is legal":"-Pattern is illegal" )<< endl;

Pattern is illegal

I'm saw that my result is 'Pattern is illegal' because the group \\3 that refers to (f+\\.) isn't equal to it. if I change the input to

str="a b ffff.d dffff.";

The pattern is legal.

In other words my original plan was to use the \\3 instead of writing the pattern;

p = "((a b (f+\\.))d d(f+\\.))";

But I can see that in the original pattern it simply expect the same output to reappear

Is there a way I can use the group naming not to copy the (f+\\.) group?

Thanks, I hope my Q is clear since I'm new to the regex topic.