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Can you please add a #PB_RegularExpression_Caseless to CreateRegularExpression() flags ?

This would require passing PCRE_CASELESS to PCRE (I believe).

Would be handy when you don't care about case instead of to have to remember to put some modifiers inside every regex.

+1
see here: http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtop ... 45#p388045

Can't you just use (?i)?

jassing wrote:Can't you just use (?i)?

Yes ("instead of to have to remember to put some modifiers inside every regex").

We could also just use (?s) for #PB_RegularExpression_DotAll, (?x) for #PB_RegularExpression_Extended, (?m) for #PB_RegularExpression_MultiLine, etc. but we have flags for those anyway.

Sometimes is convenient to have a global setting active and change it locally only IF and WHEN you need to do so.

YES!!!!

I agree with luis, please add a #PB_RegularExpression_Caseless.

luis wrote:

jassing wrote:Can't you just use (?i)?

Yes ("instead of to have to remember to put some modifiers inside every regex").

The situation is even worse, because (?i) does not work correctly with special characters such as the German umlauts, see http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtop ... 44#p383144

Regards, Little John

Yes ("instead of to have to remember to put some modifiers inside every regex").

Sorry for being dense -- but what is the difference if you have to add 3 characters to your string, or add a flag? Either way you have to remember to do something....

[...](?i) does not work correctly with special characters such as the German umlauts[...]

is this a problem with pcre itself, with PB's implementation of pcre, or the use of (?i) is reserved for only english characters?