Problem with RegExp

[Russell Lewis]

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?