Regex that matches nothing?

Here's a curious question for those familiar with regex, is it possible to
write a regex expression that does *not* match anything, ever? :)

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-Boris

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Or to put it another way does regex support an AND statement.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boris Popov [mailto:[hidden email]]
> Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 8:42 AM
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> Cc: Vassili Bykov
> Subject: Regex that matches nothing?
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> Here's a curious question for those familiar with regex, is it
possible to

Nothing like a bit of good ol' self-counseling. Looks like this may work,

{2,1}

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-----Original Message-----
From: Boris Popov [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 8:42 AM
To: [hidden email]
Cc: Vassili Bykov
Subject: Regex that matches nothing?

Here's a curious question for those familiar with regex, is it possible to
write a regex expression that does *not* match anything, ever? :)

Cheers!

-Boris

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