| Overview |
| Running Kodos |
| The Kodos Main Window |
| An example |
| The Kodos Toolbar |
| Examining a regex |
| Pause processing of regex |
| Preferences |
Examining a regular expression
The examine feature is useful in the event when a regex that you have been editing no longer matches the text string. In some instances you may have inadvertantly added a character. Normally, the only indication that you have that the regex doesn't match is the status bar indicator. Although this alone may be useful, Kodos provides the examine to help pinpoint errors.
By examining the regex, Kodos will locate the longest possible match by
eliminating scanning the current regex. Consider the following example:
Fig. Regex does not match string
By pressing the examine toolbar button, Kodos will find the last possible match and enter examination mode. The examination mode is indicated by changing the background of the regex edit dialog yellow. While in examination mode you are prevented from editing the regex (i.e. this is a read-only mode)
Fig. Examination mode