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Re^2: One regex construct to handle multiple string types

by ikegami (Patriarch)
on Nov 29, 2008 at 11:35 UTC ( #726767=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: One regex construct to handle multiple string types
in thread One regex construct to handle multiple string types

/(.*\.)?(\S+)/

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has a needless capture 

/(?:.*\.)?(\S+)/

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And the .* is useless (OP didn't specify he wanted last possible match) 

/\.?(\S+)/

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