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Re: regex and getpwent()...

by bobione (Pilgrim)
on May 28, 2001 at 05:10 UTC ( [id://83670]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to regex and getpwent()...

I am not sure that m// match empty ("") value. It matches everything.

BobiOne KenoBi ;)

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Re: Re: regex and getpwent()...
by japhy (Canon) on May 28, 2001 at 05:25 UTC
    It only matches everything until you've matched anything. (Think that's cryptic?) 
    for (qw( a b403 c<<>_# d84930 e89293->><{}W )) {
  print if //;
}

"foo" =~ /foo/;

for (qw( a b403 c<<>_# d84930 e89293->><{}W )) {
  print if //;
}

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    japhy -- Perl and Regex Hacker
[reply]
[d/l]
      Ouch! That's quite nasty looking...
      Looks like I really need to get my head around regular expressions a bit better! 8)

      Thanks for the help.
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