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in reply to UK postcode regex

#!/usr/bin/perl -l $zipadidoda = 'le12 ogx'; print "In: $zipadidoda"; if( $zipadidoda =~ s/^([A-Z]{1,2}\d{1,2}[A-Z]?)\s?(O|\d)([A-Z]{2})$/uc +("$1 ".(0+$2).$3)/ie ) { print "Out: $zipadidoda"; } else { print "Invalid zipcode"; }

You wanted a single re, so you got one!

Or is the 'e' modified considered cheating?

:)

Update: removed redundant quotes

Update: and fixed the space after a tip from ww