Re^4: Regex Help

Thanks 2Teez. That was clear & fine... :)

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Re^5: Regex Help by hdb (Monsignor) on Mar 28, 2013 at 08:26 UTC
How about "everything from pirates to careebian" ? ;-) `use strict; use warnings; while(<DATA>){ chomp; print $1,$/ if /(pirates.*careebian)/; } __DATA__ piratesofcareebian100 pirates of careebian100 pirates of careebian 100 pirates1 of careebian 100 pirates2 of careebian 100 pirates3 of careebian 100` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^6: Regex Help by Anonymous Monk on Mar 28, 2013 at 19:00 UTC
How about "everything from pirates to careebian" ? But what about if the wording of the OP changes? Then your solution would no longer be useful.	[reply]
Re^7: Regex Help by hdb (Monsignor) on Mar 28, 2013 at 19:10 UTC
Correct! He would need to change the regular expression. But then I was not completely serious in my reply... (even though it works!) One could also use variables in the regex like `/($from.*$to)/`.	[reply] [d/l]