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Posted by Metsuro   USA  (389 posts)  [Biography] bio
Date Tue 17 Aug 2004 10:30 AM (UTC)  [ quote  ]
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^(An|A|The) (.*?) is DEAD\!\!$

i want it to also just catch on blah is dead!! dont know how i would do that really
Everything turns around in the end
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Posted by Flannel   USA  (1,230 posts)  [Biography] bio
Date Reply #1 on Tue 17 Aug 2004 11:08 AM (UTC)  [ quote  ]
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Do you need it to return the name? (Horse in The Horse is dead)
If so, try this:
^(An |A |The )?(.*?) is DEAD\!\!$

If not, and you just do this:
^(.*?) is DEAD\!\!$
~Flannel

Messiah of Rose
Eternity's Trials.

Clones are people two.
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Posted by Metsuro   USA  (389 posts)  [Biography] bio
Date Reply #2 on Tue 17 Aug 2004 11:46 AM (UTC)  [ quote  ]
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well i am trying to get it so if those three things there it will match, if not it will still match
Everything turns around in the end
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Posted by Flannel   USA  (1,230 posts)  [Biography] bio
Date Reply #3 on Tue 17 Aug 2004 07:27 PM (UTC)  [ quote  ]
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If you want the noun to return minus the article, then the first should work.
If youre only worried about the line catching, the second would work just as well.
~Flannel

Messiah of Rose
Eternity's Trials.

Clones are people two.
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Posted by Nick Gammon   Australia  (18,770 posts)  [Biography] bio   Forum Administrator
Date Reply #4 on Wed 18 Aug 2004 09:50 PM (UTC)  [ quote  ]
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Like Flannel says, a question mark after a group makes the entire group optional.

eg.

(foo|bar|wet|weather)?

Matches any of those four words, or none of them.
- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com
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