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From: swanson@ihlpl.UUCP (R. A. Swanson)
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Subject: Matching octal in LEX
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Date: Wed, 23-Jul-86 21:09:34 EDT
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	I am using SVR2 lex and I need to be able to match the
octal "\240" (meta-backslash). None of the following work:

" \240\n"	|
[ \240\n]	|
.*		|
.+		;

The lex manual states that the operator character . (dot) is the
class of all characters except newline.  Does this class not
include any octal sequence?

Robert A. Swanson
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