Re: [Boost-users] Regex failure when matching with a POSIX extended regexp

Roger Leigh writes:

I expect both regular expressions here to match with the value string.

The result of regex_match is true only if the expression matches the whole of the input sequence. If you want to search for an expression somewhere within the sequence then use regex_search. If you want to match a prefix of the character string then use regex_search with the flag match_continuous set. -- Pete Forman -./\.- Disclaimer: This post is originated WesternGeco -./\.- by myself and does not represent pete.forman@westerngeco.com -./\.- the opinion of Schlumberger or http://petef.port5.com -./\.- WesternGeco.