StringRegExp result not making any sense

[OverloadUT]

Okay, I've been banging my head against this for at least an hour now.

I'm sure it's something simple, but I can't for the life of me figure it out. I wanted to check here before I submit it as a bug.

$data = "|pbupload:test|anothervar:test2|"
$regex = StringRegExp($data, "|error:([^|:]+)|", 1)
ConsoleWrite(@error&@CRLF&@extended&@CRLF)

That outputs:

0
1

WHY? The pattern should mean:

Literal string "|error:" followed by 1 or more characters that are not "|" or ":" (and capture it as a group) and then the literal string "|"

That pattern should NOT match the test string because "error:" is not in it!

Please tell me I'm going crazy and missing something simple...

Edited July 21, 2006 by OverloadUT

[w0uter]

| = OR

[OverloadUT]

...

I knew it was something simple. And I've been using regular expressions for years too. I am ashamed.

Thanks!