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<h1>VARREGEX</h1>
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<li><a href="#syntax">Syntax</a>
<li><a href="#description">Description</a>
<li><a href="#default">Default Setting</a>
<li><a href="#rcvars">Resource Variables</a>
<li><a href="#examples">Examples</a>
<li><a href="#version">Version</a>
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<h2><a name="syntax">Syntax</a></h2>
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<dt><strong>Envariable</strong></dt>
<dd><p><code>M2H_VARREGEX=</code><var>Perl-regex</var>
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<dt><strong>Element</strong></dt>
<dd><p><code><VARREGEX></code><br>
<var>Perl-regex</var><br>
<code></VARREGEX></code><br>
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<dt><strong>Command-line Option</strong></dt>
<dd><p><code>-varregex </code><var>Perl-regex</var>
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<h2><a name="description">Description</a></h2>
<p>VARREGEX defines the Perl regular expression matching
<a href="../rcvars.html">resource variables</a>. The regex should
define a back reference that contains the name of the resource
variable and its arguments surround by parentheses.
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<td><p><b>DO NOT MESS WITH THIS RESOURCE UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE
DOING</b>. If not set properly, page output can become munged.
One symptom of a bad VARREGEX setting is the occurrence of numerous
'<tt>$</tt>' characters in generated pages. Make sure to test
your VARREGEX setting before using it with production archives.
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<h2><a name="default">Default Setting</a></h2>
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\$([^\$]*)\$
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<h2><a name="rcvars">Resource Variables</a></h2>
<p>N/A
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<h2><a name="examples">Examples</a></h2>
<p>The following does a more stricter match:
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\$([^(\$]+(?:\([^)]+\))?)\$
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<p>Although slower than the default, it minimizes potential conflicts
in resource files encoded in multi-byte character sets like SJIS.
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<h2><a name="version">Version</a></h2>
<p>2.4.5
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$Date: 2002/12/10 04:08:05 $ <br>
<img align="top" src="../monicon.png" alt="">
><strong>MHonArc</strong></a><br>
>Earl Hood</a>, <a href="mailto:mhonarc@mhonarc.org"
>mhonarc@mhonarc.org</a><br>
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