I resolve to finally grok and use the regex option...

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Re: I resolve to finally grok and use the regex option... by cog (Parson) on Apr 23, 2005 at 11:36 UTC
Has anybody else noticed the first six options are /mexico ? :-) I'm not sure I want to use a country... :-)	[reply]
Re^2: I resolve to finally grok and use the regex option... by TimToady (Parson) on Apr 23, 2005 at 16:52 UTC
Yeah, but if you take away all the ones that are going away in Perl 6, all you're left with is "ig", which can only be construed as the country code for "Iguana". (Unless it's "gi", which is the code for Gilligan's Island. Hmm, that would explain a lot about Perl 6...)	[reply]
Re^2: I resolve to finally grok and use the regex option... by japhy (Canon) on Apr 23, 2005 at 15:23 UTC
You can spell "sexgismo" with them too. Not that you'd want to... _____________________________________________________ Jeff `japhy` Pinyan, P.L., P.M., P.O.D, X.S.: Perl, regex, and `perl` hacker How can we ever be the sold short or the cheated, we who for every service have long ago been overpaid? ~~ Meister Eckhart	[reply]
Re^3: I resolve to finally grok and use the regex option... by ambrus (Abbot) on Apr 24, 2005 at 10:42 UTC
But "sexgismo" has s twice and no c.	[reply]
Re^4: I resolve to finally grok and use the regex option... (except after 'c') by tye (Sage) on Nov 17, 2005 at 02:13 UTC
Re^2: I resolve to finally grok and use the regex option... by tbone1 (Monsignor) on Apr 25, 2005 at 08:43 UTC
Has anybody else noticed the first six options are /mexico ? :-) I had no idea that Larry Wall was a fan of Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick. -- tbone1, YAPS (Yet Another Perl Schlub) And remember, if he succeeds, so what. - Chick McGee	[reply]
Re^2: I resolve to finally grok and use the regex option... by Roy Johnson (Monsignor) on Nov 16, 2005 at 11:25 UTC
And the last four are /cogs. What's that about, cog? Caution: Contents may have been coded under pressure.	[reply]
Re^3: I resolve to finally grok and use the regex option... by cog (Parson) on Nov 16, 2005 at 12:02 UTC
Schiiuuuu... keep it down, they might hear you O:-)	[reply]
Re: I resolve to finally grok and use the regex option... by ambrus (Abbot) on Apr 23, 2005 at 09:22 UTC
I routinely use g, s, and sometimes even i, e, x, c. I even know what o and m means, but I haven't find any use for them. However, I am all confused when I write regexen in ruby, because the m option for ruby regexps is the same as the s in perl. Even worse, if you write s by habit, you don't even get a warning because it has a different meaning. Update 2007 jan 22: since then, I've found a use for m as well.	[reply]
Re^2: I resolve to finally grok and use the regex option... by jhourcle (Prior) on Apr 23, 2005 at 21:08 UTC
You might not use them because there are other ways to get around them. For instance, with `qr//`, you don't need to ever use `m//o`. `m//m` can be useful when you're trying to read in data records, but you can also match on the line seperator with a lookahead or lookbehind assertion. (or line seperator or `\A` or `\Z`, it you might match the very beginning or very end)	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: I resolve to finally grok and use the regex option... by etcshadow (Priest) on Apr 24, 2005 at 01:20 UTC
<s>You use /c? What is it, and why can't I find anything about it in perlre?</s> Update: never mind. Resolved in the CB. For any others curious, it's in perlop, not perlre. `------------ :Wq Not an editor command: Wq` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: I resolve to finally grok and use the regex option... by dmorelli (Scribe) on Apr 24, 2005 at 23:03 UTC
This was new to me too. I found some additional information on /c in perlretut.	[reply]
Re^3: I resolve to finally grok and use the regex option... by ikegami (Patriarch) on Apr 27, 2005 at 11:41 UTC
/c (in conjunction with /g) is great for tokenization. See Using Multiple m/\G.../gc to Tokenize for an example. There's another example in perlfaq. I've actually used all of the options listed in the poll.	[reply]
Re: I resolve to finally grok and use the regex option... by japhy (Canon) on Apr 23, 2005 at 09:37 UTC
Finally? You don't know me very well. _____________________________________________________ Jeff `japhy` Pinyan, P.L., P.M., P.O.D, X.S.: Perl, regex, and `perl` hacker How can we ever be the sold short or the cheated, we who for every service have long ago been overpaid? ~~ Meister Eckhart	[reply]
Re: I resolve to finally grok and use the regex option... by bageler (Hermit) on Apr 27, 2005 at 01:58 UTC
mexicogs: third world folk workin for the man.	[reply]
Re: I resolve to finally grok and use the regex option... by ambs (Pilgrim) on Apr 24, 2005 at 14:03 UTC
And what about `/eee`? Alberto Sim�es	[reply] [d/l]
Re: I resolve to finally grok and use the regex option... by wolfger (Deacon) on Apr 24, 2005 at 21:29 UTC
What about /. ? -- Linux, sci-fi, and Nat Torkington, all at Penguicon 3.0 perl -e 'print(map(chr,(0x4a,0x41,0x50,0x48,0xa)))'	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: I resolve to finally grok and use the regex option... by PhilHibbs (Hermit) on Apr 26, 2005 at 07:21 UTC
Nobody who groks /. uses it. They avoid it.	[reply]
Re: I resolve to finally grok and use the regex option... by deprecated (Priest) on Apr 27, 2005 at 02:03 UTC
There should be a damn /ee option to this poll. -- Tilly is my hero.	[reply]


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