With respect to bug 7862, the syntax and description are misleading to users. the...

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diff --git a/funcs/func_strings.c b/funcs/func_strings.c
index 3b13d94389b5a373c3cd18921016f41ab530a7d7..e330738a23b174a3fbc710ceef958d0c1cfaa15e 100644 (file)
--- a/funcs/func_strings.c
+++ b/funcs/func_strings.c
@@ -142,8 +142,12 @@ static int regex(struct ast_channel *chan, char *cmd, char *parse, char *buf,
 static struct ast_custom_function regex_function = {
        .name = "REGEX",
        .synopsis = "Regular Expression",
-       .desc =  "Returns 1 if data matches regular expression, or 0 otherwise.",
-       .syntax = "REGEX(\"<regular expression>\" <data>)",
+       .desc =  
+               "Returns 1 if data matches regular expression, or 0 otherwise.\n"
+               "Please note that the double quotes separating the expression from the data\n"
+               "should not have any neighboring spaces, either before or after, unless you\n"
+               "intend them to be in either the expression or the data!\n",
+       .syntax = "REGEX(\"<regular expression>\"<data>)",
        .read = regex,
 };