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In article <1hsqeoINNmqe@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, at913@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mirko Vukovic) writes:
>predig:=span('0123456789');			<--- for aaaa
>posdig:=anchor&span('0123456789');		<--- for bbbb
>per:='.';					<--- for .
>exp:=anchor&(notany('dD')|line_end);		<--- for X
>
>find :=((predig&per&exp)|(per&posdig&exp)|(predig&per&posdig&exp));
>
>However the above does detect numbers like 123.12D00, ie if I have more than one
>digit after the period followed by D.

It also does not detect numbers like 123.12.  In particular, it  only picks up
the "123.1" part of i.

>Is that because in posdig anchor forces the span to match only one character?

No, it's because the exp picks up only one character.

>Also, how do I put a cursor on the end of a range?

position(end_of(range));
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