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Re: search and replace confusion

by davorg (Chancellor)
on Nov 08, 2006 at 11:53 UTC ( [id://582857]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to search and replace confusion

Your input contains:

<!-monthstart--><option value="01">January </option>\n

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Your substitution looks for: 

s/<!--monthstart-->.*<!--monthend-->/MONTHS<br>\n/s;

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Spot the discrepancy :)

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Re^2: search and replace confusion
by jonnyfolk (Vicar) on Nov 08, 2006 at 12:07 UTC
    Aah, thanks very much. More embarrassing is the amount of time I've spent staring at it trying to find my mistake!! :)
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