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Re: repeated characters in regular expressions

by Utilitarian (Vicar)
on Aug 01, 2013 at 07:54 UTC ( [id://1047383]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to repeated characters in regular expressions

Something like the following $string=~s/(.){$n}/$1 x $m /eg;

print "Good ",qw(night morning afternoon evening)[(localtime)[2]/6]," fellow monks."

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Re^2: repeated characters in regular expressions
by Loops (Curate) on Aug 01, 2013 at 08:03 UTC
    The (.){$n} construct will match any sequence of $n characters, not just repeating characters.

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