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JasonDD210
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October 9, 2020
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How do you match a hash character "#" in GREP?

  • October 9, 2020
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How do you match a hash character "#" in GREP? If I enter the symbol directly it is not seen as an ordinary character. I have tried with quotes and with a backslash as an escape, but to no avail.

 

Jason

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Correct answer Manan Joshi

I think the issue is with the use of \b, it will look for position after # and hence it won't match. Try something like the following

\b(return|function)\b|#include\b

-Manan

 

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Manan JoshiCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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October 9, 2020

I think the issue is with the use of \b, it will look for position after # and hence it won't match. Try something like the following

\b(return|function)\b|#include\b

-Manan

 

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    JasonDD210Author
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    October 9, 2020

    Thanks

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    JasonDD210Author
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    October 9, 2020

    Here is basically what I have so far:

    \b(return|#include|function)\b

    This will match the strings return and function, but not the string #include.

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