Willem <wil...@toad.stack.nl> writes:
> Eli the Bearded wrote:
> ) In comp.lang.perl.misc, Willem <wil...@toad.stack.nl> wrote:
> )> In Perl, it would be applicable. You see, in Perl, you can call a function
> )> in the replacement of the regex substitution, which can then look up the
> )> html entity and return the wanted unicode literal.
> )
> ) A function? I'd use a hash.
>
> A function can return a sensible value for unknown substitutions.
You can do that also in the RHS of the substitution and still keep it
readable if you use something like
s{..}{
your
code
goes
here
}ge;
However, a function can be easier on the eye:
s{...}{ some_good_name( ... ) }ge;
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