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Re (3): Yet another regex bug.

by VSarkiss (Monsignor)
on Nov 12, 2002 at 03:33 UTC ( [id://212186]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Re: Yet another regex bug.
in thread Yet another regex bug.

Well, your first line is the identity transformation, which isn't removing anything. ;-)

The parentheses surrounding the ?# are part of the syntax; that is, the comment marker in a regexp begins (?#, not ?#. (Check perlre: all the "funny" extended-pattern elements start with (?, one of the reasons being that it's a mnemonic to "question" what's coming next.1) Thus if you're removing the comment you should remove the parentheses as well.

1I don't buy the explanation, by the way, but it's there..

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