Re: alternation option end of string

Ray Andrews <[email protected]> Fri, 1 May 2026 16:56:06 -0700

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On 2026-05-01 15:39, Mark J. Reed wrote:
> $
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> e.g. 'a(b|$)' will match an a that is either followed by a b or at the 
> end of the strings
>
> ^ matches the beginning
Thanks Mark, just the thing.

I think Ray means a glob pattern, not a regular expression?

Nope, just string matches.



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> Mark J. Reed <[email protected]>
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> On Fri, May 1, 2026 at 18:32 Ray Andrews <[email protected]> wrote:
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>     I know how to do an alternation, but how do you make one of the
>     choices 'nothing' meaning end of string?
>