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From: GB03@Lehigh
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: RE: Wildcard types
Message-ID: <06119020:26:20GB03@lehigh.bitnet>
Date: 7 Nov 90 01:26:20 GMT
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RE. Wildcards

Please note that the * notation is the standard notation used by those
who study languages and finite state machines.  This was defined by
Kleene.  It is used to denote any number of characters in the alphabet
of a machine. i.e. 0,1,2....  The notation + is used to indicate 1 or
more members of thye machines alphabet.

Those who are interested in FSA would prefer the notation (..)* as a
wildcard for any match and (c)* for matching any number of c's.

Perrsonally on a real machine I am partial to * ala I*M and #C ala AMY.