[Tadwick]

Hi, I tried using the following search string :

/\**\*/

but it didn't work. I can find the start and end of a block of text using
/\* and \*/ respectively but not the entire block.

Any suggestions? Tx, Tad

[Jay Freedman]

Put parentheses around the star that represents the interior of the
string:

/\*(*)\*/

I don't know why that helps, but it does. Apparently the matching
algorithm gets confused by consecutive stars. shrug

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On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 23:47:00 -0800, Tadwick
wrote:

Hi, I tried using the following search string :

/\**\*/

but it didn't work. I can find the start and end of a block of text using
/\* and \*/ respectively but not the entire block.

Any suggestions? Tx, Tad

[Tadwick]

Thanks, Jay - that is very helpful

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Put parentheses around the star that represents the interior of the
string:

/\*(*)\*/

I don't know why that helps, but it does. Apparently the matching
algorithm gets confused by consecutive stars. shrug

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 23:47:00 -0800, Tadwick
wrote:

Hi, I tried using the following search string :

/\**\*/

but it didn't work. I can find the start and end of a block of text using
/\* and \*/ respectively but not the entire block.

Any suggestions? Tx, Tad