Unix Programming - regular expression help using regex.h in c program

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regular expression help using regex.h in c program

bpatton

2007-06-19, 8:05 am

I'm writing in c
using regex.h
on a PC.
using gcc
using cygwin.
Here is my string I'm looking for :
COMMENT = "2A3: ACTIVE perpendicular width where adjacent space is
ACTIVE space >= 455 = 130"

Here's where I'v compiled the regex.\ that works
if (regcomp(&rex_comm,"\\s*COMMENT\\s*",REG_EXTENDED|REG_NOSUB|
REG_ICASE) != 0) {
....
}

target perl style regular expression : ^\\s*COMMENT\\s*=\\s*\"

fails with : ^\\s*COMMENT\\s*
fails with : \\s*COMMENT\\s*\\=
fails with : \\s*COMMENT\\s*[=]

I've tried using Regex Coach, but it deals with perl class regexp and
it works fine.

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