Re^2: Should I use v5.10 because of named groups?

I guess you're right, that regex isn't any more readable than the alternatives you propose. In fact, I've rewritten it to:

if (/^([01]):([01]):([^:]+):([^:]+)$/) {
    my ($type, $valid, $name, $coment) = ($1, $2, $3, $4);
    
    ...
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I maintained the regex as I'm fairly sure I'll need to improve it later for more checks on the input.

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Re^3: Should I use v5.10 because of named groups? by Marshall (Canon) on Apr 14, 2021 at 22:44 UTC
Just a nit, in case you didn't know, but you can do the $1,$2,$3,$4 assignment in the if statement: `if ( my ($type, $valid, $name, $coment) = $_ =~ m/^([01]):([01]):([^:]+):([^:]+)$/ ){}` [download] I don't think this makes much difference. I just have a coding preference to avoid $1, etc. I made 2 source lines because of code line length limits here. In actual code, I'd probably just have one line.	[reply] [d/l]

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if ( my ($type, $valid, $name, $coment) = 
     $_ =~ m/^([01]):([01]):([^:]+):([^:]+)$/ ){}
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