Re: regex search for words with one digit

in reply to regex search for words with one digit

The exclusion trick: \w and [^\W] match exactly the same thing, so to match a \w but not a \d, just use [^\W\d]

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict; # https://perlmonks.org/?node_id=11122003
use warnings;

my $text = "John P5ete Andrew Richard58 Nic4k Le7on5";
my @names = $text =~ /\b[^\W\d]*\d[^\W\d]*\b/g;
print "@names\n";
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Outputs:

P5ete Nic4k
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Re^2: regex search for words with one digit by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Sep 21, 2020 at 18:25 UTC
`/\b[^\W\d]\d[^\W\d]\b/` Note that this matches the name `'1'`. Give a man a fish: `<%-{-{-{-<`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: regex search for words with one digit by tybalt89 (Monsignor) on Sep 21, 2020 at 18:45 UTC
Rereading the spec, the name '1' is valid. :) If the spec is changed, I'll change my regex, but it will cost extra...	[reply]

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