[antlr-interest] Match until "<@"

[mzukowski at yci.com]

You are asking it to match until it doesn't see "<@".  How about:

MULTI_LINE_TEXT: ( options { greedy=false; } : .)* "<@";

Monty

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> From: praveen_c [mailto:praveen_c at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 1:33 PM
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> Subject: [antlr-interest] Match until "<@"
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> Hi all,
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> Just wondering what is wrong with the following Lexer rule. I'm 
> trying to match all characters until reach the combination "<@" 
> including white space, new lines...everything.
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> MULTI_LINE_TEXT: ( options { greedy=false; } : .)* (~("<@"));
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> It gives me wierd errors. Is this the right way to specify when I 
> want to have something matched until I see a combination. If you 
> think there is a better way, please let me know.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help,
> Praveen.
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