colon and pattern matching

[Murray Scholz]

John,

In VMS environment (powerhouse 710G1) , the colon appears to match
itself.
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>define a1 char*1 = "Y" if matchpattern("ABC:DEF","^^^:^^^") &
>       else "N"
> rep a1
> go
  A1

  Y
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My little Handbook manual, says that the colon(:) "matches any single
Kanji or 16 bit character" !!
Perhaps there are platform differences in how it is handled ??

Regards
Murray Scholz
Agricultural Business Research Institute
University of New England
Armidale Australia

"Pickering, John (NORBORD)" wrote:
> 
> What does the colon mean in pattern matching?
> 
> In my manual it is not in the list of non-alpha and non-numeric special
> characters which match themselves, it is not in the list of defined
> metacharacters and it is not in the list of metacharacters reserved for
> future expansion.
> 
> And matchpattern("ABC:DEF","^^^:^^^") is false :-(
> 
> John Pickering
> Toronto
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