Use glob not re for regexp?

[Erik Price]

On Wednesday, September 11, 2002, at 08:02  PM, Robert Oschler wrote:

> I saw a post where someone said to use glob not re for regular 
> expressions?
> Is this true and if so why?  I use Secret Labs regexp package.

Filename globbing syntax is completely different from regular 
expression syntax.  In some cases, generally when dealing with 
filenames, it is more familiar to some people (particularly Unix folk 
or shell programmers).  But in general regular expressions provide far 
more control and precision over your patterns and matches.

So, use whichever one you want.



Erik





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