Re: udsbvegd : RegEx.SearchStartPosition isn't updating properly - NOT A BUG

[Guyren Howe <guyren at mac dot com>]

On Jan 30, 2007, at 9:55 PM, Carlos M wrote:

> On Jan 29, 2007 8:59 PM, Guyren Howe wrote:
> > <http://realsoftware.com/feedback/viewreport.php?reportid=udsbvegd>
> >
> > In 2K7r1, the first regex match against a string updates the
> > SearchStartPosition, but subsequent searches only ever find the first
> > match, and SearchStartPosition isn't updated.
> This is *not* correct.
> The problem is that you're not using RegEx.Search correctly ;-)
>
> In this example, that you posted with the report,
>   Dim r As New RegEx
>   Dim m As RegExMatch
>
>   Dim searchString As String = "abcdabce"
>
>   r.SearchPattern = "abc(d|e)"
>   m = r.Search(searchString)
>   Break //Here, r.SearchStartPosition = 4, as it should be
>   m = r.Search(searchString)
>   Break //Here, r.SearchStartPosition = 4, and we still find the  
> first pattern
> the second time you use Search you cannot use the "searchString"  
> for the
> TargetString parameter and you should only use:
>  m = r.Search() // without the TargetString
> and then you'll get 8 for the r.SearchStartPosition.
I guess I should read the docs more closely. Thanks.
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