> I tested the snippet using Python 2.3 on a Win2K box and it works
> fine ("Hello Fred" does not match) on this combination. It would be
> terrible if word boundary matching behaviour did vary from platform
> to platform. I will check the regex on Python 2.2 on my Linux box at home 
> and see what gives.

Hate to pipe in at this point (considering I started this thread)

- Pity I'm using ColdFusion MX to do my RegExs...

Still - interesting conversation never the less.

Mark

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