Problem with RegExp

[Matthew]

Russell Lewis Wrote:

> Matthew wrote:
> > I was playing around with RegExp and noticed it is not working like I think it should be working. This is the same with both 1.0 and 2.0.
> > 
> > import std.stdio;
> > import std.regexp;
> > 
> > void main (char [][] args) {
> >     string text = "Why doesn't it find the sssss's?";
> > 
> >     RegExp pattern = new RegExp(r"[^\s]+"); 
> >    //Notice the escape code in the expression.
> > 
> >     RegExp list = pattern.search(text);
> > 
> >     foreach(m; list) {
> >         writefln(m.match(0));
> >     }
> > 
> > }
> > 
> > The regular expression should match one or more non-whitespace characters. On my comp the whitespace characters don't match, but neither do lower case s's. Interestingly enough if I try the following.
> > 
> > RegExp pattern = new RegExp(r"[^\W]+");
> > 
> > I get the exact same behavior except now capitol W's aren't matched instead of lower case s's. I don't know if this is a bug or not as I've never used RegExp class before, but I wonder if it does this for everyone?
> 
> Do you need a double-backslash?

I did until I put the r before the quote. r"". Still got same behavior though.