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On 9/10/07, Shmuel Zeigerman <shmuz@actcom.co.il> wrote:
>
> The reason is the backslash in the pattern: when Lua compiles '(\d+)',
> the backslash disappears, and PCRE can't see it.
> In order to obtain the correct results, one should either duplicate
> every backslash or use "long string" syntax.
>
> Bottom line: use '(\\d+)' or [[(\d+)]].

Thank you so much for your very quick help,

Regards,