Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-regexp-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 72014 invoked from network); 12 Oct 2009 16:43:22 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 12 Oct 2009 16:43:22 -0000 Received: (qmail 57922 invoked by uid 500); 12 Oct 2009 16:43:22 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-regexp-dev-archive@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 57884 invoked by uid 500); 12 Oct 2009 16:43:22 -0000 Mailing-List: contact regexp-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Regexp Developers List" Reply-To: "Regexp Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list regexp-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 57870 invoked by uid 99); 12 Oct 2009 16:43:22 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:43:22 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of dfs@savarese.org designates 72.233.62.162 as permitted sender) Received: from [72.233.62.162] (HELO terra.savarese.com) (72.233.62.162) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:43:12 +0000 Received: from mail.savarese.org (mail2.savarese.org [192.168.2.5]) by terra.savarese.com (8.14.3/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n9CGgoKT020493 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:42:51 -0400 Received: from aragorn.savarese.org (aragorn.savarese.org [192.168.1.23]) by mail.savarese.org (8.14.3/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n9CGgjxL031830 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:42:45 -0400 Received: from savarese.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aragorn.savarese.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) with ESMTP id n9CGgiqH005042 for ; Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:42:45 -0400 Message-Id: <200910121642.n9CGgiqH005042@aragorn.savarese.org> To: "Regexp Developers List" X-Archive: no Subject: Re: Regex to escape . In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:18:53 PDT." <25854083.post@talk.nabble.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:42:44 -0400 From: "Daniel F. Savarese" X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org In message <25854083.post@talk.nabble.com>, Harsha1 writes: >I want to know how to escape dot(.) from being acting as universal >character. ... >So i want to right regex which will take (dot) as dot only not as any other >character. I'm not a jakarta-regexp user, but the usual way is to escape a meta-character with a backslash. As a Java string that would look like: "\\." daniel --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: regexp-dev-unsubscribe@jakarta.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: regexp-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org