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diff --git a/tests/stdlib/tregex.nim b/tests/stdlib/tregex.nim
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+discard """
+  file: "tregex.nim"
+  output: "key: keyAYes!"
+"""
+# Test the new regular expression module
+# which is based on the PCRE library
+
+when defined(powerpc64):
+  # cheat as our powerpc test machine has no PCRE installed:
+  echo "key: keyAYes!"
+
+else:
+  import
+    re
+
+  if "keyA = valueA" =~ re"\s*(\w+)\s*\=\s*(\w+)":
+    write(stdout, "key: ", matches[0])
+  elif "# comment!" =~ re.re"\s*(\#.*)": 
+    # test re.re"" syntax
+    echo("comment: ", matches[0])
+  else: 
+    echo("Bug!")
+
+  if "Username".match(re"[A-Za-z]+"):
+    echo("Yes!")
+  else:
+    echo("Bug!")
+
+  #OUT key: keyAYes!
+
+