On Sep 20, 2011, at 6:49 PM, Henri-Paul Indiogine wrote:
My objective is to define a pattern for a grep() statement. Thanks, Henri-Paul
You are not illustrating the problem with enough detail to determine the source of your errors. The errors do not appear when tested in what appears to be the obvious manner:
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