Re: REGEX Explanation

On 2011-04-08 14:34, Shawn H Corey wrote: my @words = split /\s+/, $string; See perldoc -f split, about why you might want to write that as my @words = split ' ', $string; To get it to not capture any matches, use the non-capture parentheses: @num = split /(?:(?:a|b)+)/, $x; Does tha

Re: REGEX Explanation

On 04/08/2011 03:12 AM, Anirban Adhikary wrote: Can anybody please explaing the meaning of the following regular expression my $x = '12abc34bf5'; @num = split /(a|b)+/, $x; YAPE::Regex::Explain is great for this: [pdurbin@beamish ~]$ perl -MYAPE::Regex::Explain -e 'print YAPE::Regex::Explai

Re: REGEX Explanation

This is a nitpick, but.. On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Shawn H Corey wrote: > To get it to capture the sequence of a's and b's, use: > > > @num = split /((?:a|b)+)/, $x; > > To get it to not capture any matches, use the non-capture parentheses: > > > @num = split /(?:(?:a|b)+)/, $x; > split /[a

Re: REGEX Explanation

On 11-04-08 03:12 AM, Anirban Adhikary wrote: my $x = '12abc34bf5'; @num = split /(a|b)+/, $x; print "NUM=@num\n"; NUM=12 b c34 b f5 `split` normally splits a string by separating the string into segments by the regular expression. The following split a string into "words", that is, text

Re: REGEX Explanation

On 2011-04-08 09:31, Uri Guttman wrote: this is how alternation works with grabbing. And in case you wonder what 'grab' means: the Perl documentation uses 'capture'. -- Ruud -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org htt

Re: REGEX Explanation

sure.. On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Uri Guttman wrote: > > please always reply to the list. resend that to the list. > > uri > > -- > Uri Guttman  --  u...@stemsystems.com    http://www.sysarch.com -- > -  Perl Code Review , Architecture, Development, Traini

Re: REGEX Explanation

> "AA" == Anirban Adhikary writes: AA> my $x = '12abc34bf5'; AA> @num = split /(a|b)+/, $x; AA> print "NUM=@num\n"; AA> NUM=12 b c34 b f5 AA> Does it mean split the string ,here separaters are 'a' or 'b'(one or AA> more occurance because of + metacharacter). AA> If it matches

REGEX Explanation

Hi list Can anybody please explaing the meaning of the following regular expression my $x = '12abc34bf5'; @num = split /(a|b)+/, $x; print "NUM=@num\n"; NUM=12 b c34 b f5 Does it mean split the string ,here separaters are 'a' or 'b'(one or more occurance because of + metacharacter). If it matc

Re: regex explanation?

Graeme McLaren wrote: Morning all, would anyone be able to explain this regular expression: /^[\w ,.!?\-'"\(\)\s]+$/ I'm going to read up on it but I'm in a hurry for this. Everything inside [] defines a character class which is a list of characters, any one of which can match a single character i

Re: regex explanation?

Graeme McLaren [GM], on Wednesday, April 13, 2005 at 11:23 (+0100) thoughtfully wrote the following: GM> /^[\w ,.!?\-'"\(\)\s]+$/ string have to start and end (so string must contain) these characters: [a-zA-Z0-9_-(white_spaces)...] and all strings you can see there. also " " therese should't be.

regex explanation?

Morning all, would anyone be able to explain this regular expression: /^[\w ,.!?\-'"\(\)\s]+$/ I'm going to read up on it but I'm in a hurry for this. Cheers, Graeme :) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]