From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnss!ihps3!stolaf!ondich Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Title: Lex query Article-I.D.: stolaf.362 Posted: Mon Jun 14 16:49:03 1982 Received: Wed Jun 16 03:58:02 1982 Our v7 Lex is recognizing "^" as beginning of line in the rules section, but not in the definitions section. For example: name ^[a-zA-Z] %% {name} {action...} is not performing the action for lines beginning with a letter, but %% ^[a-zA-Z] {action...} is working fine. Though not disastrous (I can simply use the second form), this problem has led to some aesthetically unpleasant code. Is the problem typical? Is it a bug? Perhaps a feature? Any enlightenment would be appreciated. Thanks, Jeff Ondich ihps3!stolaf!ondich