Re: can't find v_xxxx_ in sentence

In message <[email protected]>, Phillip Rhod
es writes:
>I am using a regex of v_.*?_ to get the matches, but my results are not 
>right.  I get a hodpodge of results, some right, some wrong.
>For example, I will get a _you are_ not going to find this match_
>It seems to pass the first _ in the string being evaluated.

Is there any chance you could post a short code example reproducing the
problem?  You description isn't enough to go on because v_.*?_ will never
match:
  _you are not_ going to find this match_

daniel