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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Also, Java is far stricter on syntax for
regular expressions than anything else I've seen. You can't just
test your stuff at a unix prompt or using grep to see if it works. That's
just the first step. I generally use the vi find command.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:windowtext'> rules-users-bounces@lists.jboss.org
[mailto:rules-users-bounces@lists.jboss.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Mark Proctor<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, July 09, 2007 7:16
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Rules
Users List</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [rules-users] matches
operator</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Read up on regular expression, what you just wrote
there is not valid.<br>
<br>
Mark<br>
Ashwini Joshi wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hi,<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Has anyone used the "matches" operator? <u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>In our application we need to support startWith,
endsWith operators for string variable. I am thinking of using matches
operator. But the 'matches' operator is not working. I am trying
the following code<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#960000" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#960000;font-weight:
bold'>rule</span></font></b><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font><font size=2
color=green face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:green'>"Hello World"</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<u1:p></u1:p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
</span></font><b><font size=2 color="#960000" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#960000;font-weight:
bold'>when</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<u1:p></u1:p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
m : Message(message matches </span></font><font size=2 color=green
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:green'>"Hello*"</span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<u1:p></u1:p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
</span></font><b><font size=2 color="#960000" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#960000;font-weight:
bold'>then</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<u1:p></u1:p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
System.out.println( </span></font><font size=2 color=green face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:green'>"Hello
World"</span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>); </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<u1:p></u1:p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#960000" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#960000;font-weight:
bold'>end</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<u1:p></u1:p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>And the value set in the message is "Hello
World". But it is not going into the then clause.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>If anyone has already used matches operator I would
like to know how we can use it for startswith, endsWith. How do we specify the
regular expression? Can we use "*"<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thanks,<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Ashwini<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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