Jason Dusek wrote: > I need to write a script that finds the uniq() function in code for a > data manipulation language, and replaces it with hyd_uniq(). Here are > some examples: > > amend: u= uniq( timetags.bin_start, s ) > to: u= hyd_uniq( timetags.bin_start, s ) > > s/\(uniq\(/\(hyd_uniq\(/; > s/(\W)uniq\(/$1hyd_uniq\(/;
I think you'r doing too much here. I gather that your are catching those parens to ensure that you replace only uniq as a whole word. Thee is a better way, using zero-width assertions to test for conditions without actually capturing any characters. Test for a word boundary with \b. You won't have to replace it then: s/\buniq\b/hyd_uniq/ Should do the same, without as much "static". Joseph -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
