Re: searching and regex miniguide -- now new wiki page
- Posted by CoJaBo Oct 07, 2010
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Ive removed the wildcard/regex comparison table again because making it look nicer does not make it any less bogus. The metachacters ? and * simply do not mean the same thing in wildcards (where they match characters) and regex (where they specify repetition of a previous term). An apple is not comparable with a car tire just because both happen to be a vaguely round shape. The regex repetition metacharacters ?, +, *, and {} are sufficiently complex enough to warrant their own section, mentioning them in a section not even related to regex would be confusing even if it was correct. Regexes are confusing enough to most people without having a guide mislead them.
