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Re^4: A Perl aptitude test ("regular" expressions)by Aristotle (Chancellor) |
on May 03, 2003 at 01:09 UTC ( [id://255213]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Well, even the regulating pieces of Perl's "regular expressions" are far from regular in any sense of the precise definition. The name just (incorrectly) stuck. (Recent Camels talk of "pattern matching"; I prefer that term too.) Finally, you also forget (??{ code }), which can both alter the string as well as regulate the match in procession.
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