Re: Domain names with dots

[Michael Albinus]

James Yoo <address@hidden> writes:

> wouldn't a '.' be interpreted as "anything" in the regex or is it just a
> regular dot in a character class?

See the Elisp manual (info "(elisp)Regexp Special")

`[ ... ]'
     is a "character alternative", which begins with `[' and is
     terminated by `]'.  In the simplest case, the characters between
     the two brackets are what this character alternative can match.

     Thus, `[ad]' matches either one `a' or one `d', and `[ad]*'
     matches any string composed of just `a's and `d's (including the
     empty string), from which it follows that `c[ad]*r' matches `cr',
     `car', `cdr', `caddaar', etc.

     You can also include character ranges in a character alternative,
     by writing the starting and ending characters with a `-' between
     them.  Thus, `[a-z]' matches any lower-case ASCII letter.  Ranges
     may be intermixed freely with individual characters, as in
     `[a-z$%.]', which matches any lower case ASCII letter or `$', `%'
     or period.

     Note that the usual regexp special characters are not special
     inside a character alternative.  A completely different set of
     characters is special inside character alternatives: `]', `-' and
     `^'.

Best regards, Michael.