in reply to Simple regex question. Grouping with a negative lookahead assertion.
Like this?
[0] Perl> $dna = 'atctcggataatgggataaaaatataggctataaatggcgccccggctaatt +ttt';; [0] Perl> print $1 while $dna =~ m[atg(.+?)(?=taa|tag|tga)]g;; gga gcgccccggc
If so, the difference is the use of the non-greedy match quantifier +?
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Re^2: Simple regex question. Grouping with a negative lookahead assertion.
by Anonymous Monk on Jul 14, 2013 at 01:50 UTC | |
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jul 14, 2013 at 06:36 UTC | |
by Anonymous Monk on Jul 14, 2013 at 01:56 UTC |
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