On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 16:09, Gunnar Hjalmarsson <nore...@gunnar.cc> wrote:
> Chas. Owens wrote:
>>
>> This isn't a job for a regex; it is a job for split:
>
> whose first argument is a regex pattern... ;-)
snip

Yes and a regex follows in the substitute, but the whole things isn't
being done with a regex.  Trying to do it with one regex can lead to a
confusing and fragile mess.


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Chas. Owens
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