Re: weird regex question

[JavaFan]

in reply to weird regex question

If you use !$!, only $! get interpolated, not the entire expression. In your case, $!, in string context, will be the empty string. So, you end up with

/^.{!}(.{5})/

which is not going to match. If you want to interpolate the expression, use:

/^.{@{[!$!]}}(.{5})/

[Anonymous Monk]

hmm kinda makes sense, so how would i do the 5?

[JavaFan]

What do you mean, how would I do the 5?

[Anonymous Monk]

ohh nevermind i figured it out.. thanks :D

[trizen]

1 and 5

my $string = "hello world";
print $string =~ /^.{@{[!$[]}}(.{${\($]<<$]>>$])}})/; # 'ello '

or print $]>>$?;