julia> r"^\s*text" r"^\s*text" julia> Regex("^\s*text") ERROR: syntax: invalid escape sequence Julia 1.7.3 on Win10 And BTW what does the following error message mean? julia> r"^[:space:]*text" ERROR: LoadError: PCRE compilation error: POSIX named classes are supported only within a class at off…

[image] Eben60: Regex("^\s*text") julia> Regex("^\\s*text") r"^\s*text"

Strange regex error (bug?)

jling July 25, 2022, 3:06pm 2

julia> Regex("^\\s*text")
r"^\s*text"

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