Re: (?=\d) [Was Re: an error in a simple regexp]

2002-07-15 Thread Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan
On Jul 15, Kevin Pfeiffer said: >Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan writes: >[...] >> Here's a working regex: >> >> s/(\d)(?=\d)/$1./g; > >[converts 1234 to 1.2.3.4] > >> The (?=\d) looks ahead for a digit, without actually consuming it. > >What does that mean? Does it say, "match a digit, but always check to

(?=\d) [Was Re: an error in a simple regexp]

2002-07-14 Thread Kevin Pfeiffer
Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan writes: [...] > Here's a working regex: > > s/(\d)(?=\d)/$1./g; [converts 1234 to 1.2.3.4] > The (?=\d) looks ahead for a digit, without actually consuming it. What does that mean? Does it say, "match a digit, but always check to see that there is still at least one remai

RE: an error in a simple regexp

2002-07-14 Thread Janek Schleicher
Jess Balint wrote at Fri, 12 Jul 2002 20:03:58 +0200: > You need '?'; > > echo 123 | perl -pe 's/(\d?)(\d)/$1.$2/g' > That doesn't really work. Look at echo 123456 | perl -pe 's/(\d?)(\d)/$1.$2/g' what prints 1.23.45.6 Cheerio, Janek -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For ad

RE: an error in a simple regexp

2002-07-12 Thread Timothy Johnson
Ooh. I like that better than mine. :) -Original Message- From: Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 11:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: an error in a simple regexp On Jul 12, Dusan Juhas said: >I type

RE: an error in a simple regexp

2002-07-12 Thread Balint, Jess
You need '?'; echo 123 | perl -pe 's/(\d?)(\d)/$1.$2/g' [Jess] -Original Message- From: Dusan Juhas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 12:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: an error in a simple regexp Hi, I typed this simple cmd in the bash

RE: an error in a simple regexp

2002-07-12 Thread Timothy Johnson
7;,$_); -Original Message- From: Dusan Juhas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 9:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: an error in a simple regexp Hi, I typed this simple cmd in the bash: echo 123 |perl -pe 's/(\d)(\d)/$1.$2/g' and expected ouput like 1.2.3 but obtai

Re: an error in a simple regexp

2002-07-12 Thread Janek Schleicher
Dusan Juhas wrote at Fri, 12 Jul 2002 18:16:44 +0200: > Hi, > I typed this simple cmd in the bash: > echo 123 |perl -pe 's/(\d)(\d)/$1.$2/g' > and expected ouput like > 1.2.3 > but obtained this one: > 1.23 > First your regexp finds (1)(2) what is a matching. So 1.2 is written. Then 3 is left,

Re: an error in a simple regexp

2002-07-12 Thread Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan
On Jul 12, Dusan Juhas said: >I typed this simple cmd in the bash: >echo 123 |perl -pe 's/(\d)(\d)/$1.$2/g' >and expected ouput like >1.2.3 >but obtained this one: >1.23 The reason you don't get "1.2.3" is because by the time Perl has matched "12", it can't match the "2" again. Here's a working

an error in a simple regexp

2002-07-12 Thread Dusan Juhas
Hi, I typed this simple cmd in the bash: echo 123 |perl -pe 's/(\d)(\d)/$1.$2/g' and expected ouput like 1.2.3 but obtained this one: 1.23 What's wrong and how to write a regexp cmd which will transfer a number to digits with dots in between? eg: 1234 -> 1.2.3.4 Thanx Regards, Dusan -- To uns