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Re^3: Using Look-ahead and Look-behind

by heyjoec (Initiate)
on Jun 19, 2014 at 11:18 UTC ( [id://1090445]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: Using Look-ahead and Look-behind
in thread Using Look-ahead and Look-behind

I changed the sub TestEquity to allow for any text between Private and Equity, but I can't get it to work. What have I done wrong?

sub TestEquity { return 1 if $_[0] =~ m/(?<!private).*equity/; return 0; }

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Re^4: Using Look-ahead and Look-behind
by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Jun 19, 2014 at 12:09 UTC

    How about just (untested, and also case-sensitive):

    sub TestEquity { return $_[0] =~ m/private.*equity/ ? 0 : $_[0] =~ m/equity/ ? 1 : 0 ; }
    This could be slightly simplified if you can tolerate  "" (empty string) as a false flag in addition to or in place of 0.

    BTW: "I can't get it to work" is rarely helpful as a problem description. How about some input strings and actual versus expected output?

    Update: Changed  $_[0] =~ m/private.*equity/ to  $_[0] =~ m/private/ because it makes more sense.
    Update: ... and then changed it back to  $_[0] =~ m/private.*equity/ because it actually makes even more sense that way! (sigh)

Re^4: Using Look-ahead and Look-behind
by Anonymous Monk on Jun 19, 2014 at 23:13 UTC

    I changed the sub TestEquity to allow for any text between Private and Equity, but I can't get it to work. What have I done wrong?

    Impossible to say, although the anomalous one makes a good point

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