From: epsilonbeta AT geocities DOT com
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Q:  How to call a function like search(sentence for string1
Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 19:38:15 GMT
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Hi,

On Fri, 15 May 1998 17:50:13 +0000, "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)"
<salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar> wrote:

>random AT NO-FREAKIN'-SPAM.visi.net (Michael Bosley) wrote:

If you want a reply via e-mail, Michael, use your real e-mail address.

>
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I am writing a search function to find substrings in sentences using
>> AND and OR logic and I would like to know if there is any way to do
>> something like:
>> 
>> int result = search("This is a test sentence" for "test" AND ("this"
>> OR "This"));
>> 
>> Any ideas?
>
><snip>

Well an idea could be to have a look at the GNU-utility flex, with
which you can easily generate C-code (using very "flex"ible regular
expressions).
You can find flex from the same place you got DJGPP.

HTH and C ya,


Edward Boone (alias Epsilon Beta)
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