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Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:09:45 +0100
From: Mark van Dijk <lists+zsh@internecto.net>
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To: Vin Shelton <acs@alumni.princeton.edu>
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Subject: Re: Regular expression expanding and matching
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On 25-11-12 19:30, Vin Shelton wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Mark van Dijk
> <lists+zsh@internecto.net> wrote:
>> Apparently there is no expansion of ${todaysday} and ${yesterday}.
>> This is not really surprising because in regular expressions many
>> characters have a different meaning.
> 
>> So what's the proper way to achieve this type of expression matching?
> 
> Enclosing the expressions in double quotes seems to work for me:

Argh. Painfully easy. Thanks Vin!

Mark