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Re^3: question about the star(*) quantifier

by chargrill (Parson)
on Dec 21, 2006 at 17:52 UTC ( [id://591147]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: question about the star(*) quantifier
in thread question about the star(*) quantifier

It's already been said above, but I'll restate it:

\d* means explicitly: "Match 0 or more digits"

That matches any sequence of characters that is "0 or more digits".

At the very beginning of your string (leftmost portion), a string matches that - an empty string '' right before "I fear that...".

Update: I guess samtregar beat me to it, but our message is the same :)



--chargrill 
s**lil*;  $*=join'',sort split q**;  s;.*;grr; &&s+(.(.)).+$2$1+; $; =
qq-$_-;s,.*,ahc,;$,.=chop for split q,,,reverse;print for($,,$;,$*,$/)

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Re^4: question about the star(*) quantifier
by snowsky (Initiate) on Dec 21, 2006 at 17:59 UTC

    I see now.

    Thanks for all your answers and good explainations.

    Thanks again.

    Cindy

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