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Re^4: Remove duplicate from the same line..

by Anonymous Monk
on Jun 01, 2013 at 17:28 UTC ( #1036476=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^3: Remove duplicate from the same line..
in thread Remove duplicate from the same line..

No, it didnt worked!
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Re^5: Remove duplicate from the same line..
by hdb (Monsignor) on Jun 01, 2013 at 18:26 UTC

    You are not very open to experimentation, are you? 

    use strict;
use warnings;
my $str = "Goldman Sachs Group, ... Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.";
$str =~ s/ \b (.+) \b [,.\s]* \1.* /$1/gx;
print "$str\n";

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