Re: Where did the regexp fail?

[Tim X]

Corsair <chris.corsair@gmail.com> writes:

> "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Is there any easy way to see where a regexp failed? Parts of it may
>> have matched and sometimes you may want to see how much that
>> matched. Or, more precisely: where it finally failed.
>
> Test it part by part?

Have a look at re-builder and see if that helps. 

I also tend to use regex search as it highlights matches as they
occur. Put a bunch of examples in a file and refine the regexp that
way. 

Tim

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