On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 11:55:07AM -0600, Sheldon Fuchs wrote: > -> Maybe the August contest should be to get the shortest string which: > -> (1) includes in order "just", "my", "$", and ".02" > -> (2) includes no \w characters other than the above. > -> > > justmy$.02 > > I win! ;) > > Oh, wait, you meant a string that compiles. > hmm.. > > perl -e"$~='just my $.02'"
They're not at all clever, but these work: /justmy$.02/ 'justmy$.02' "justmy$.02" The shortest I've been able to come up with where 'my' is actually functional (1 stroke longer): just,my${.02} -- Mike -- Michael W. Thelen eval unpack u,'M*"1C/2<P,BDN-"`U+C`A(RLG*3U^>2\A+48O82UZ+SME=F%L*"1C+B(G=2HG M+"<Z,D<U4SU<(B%!.T9=5#HF-5(H)2%%/$907$`Z)B5#.E8U4BM@2&`G+EPD$+R(I.P``'