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Re: reversing a compiled regex?

by OM_Zen (Scribe)
on Mar 26, 2003 at 19:27 UTC ( [id://246051]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to reversing a compiled regex?

Hi ,

The not in can be implemented by this I guess

my $a = "SCALAR"; my $str = "TT"; my $regexs = qr/[^\Q$str\E]/i; $a =~ s/$regexs/HOO /g; print "[$a]\n"; __END__ [HOOHOOHOOHOOHOOHOO]


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Re: Re: reversing a compiled regex?
by MarkM (Curate) on Mar 27, 2003 at 02:30 UTC

    This is not a correct conclusion or suggestion. Take a look at your code again:

    my $regexs = qr/[^\Q$str\E]/i;

    [] is used to define a character class, not a regular expression grouping. The statement above reads: "at least one character not found in $str." The reason your test code did not show you this is because you were matching:

    ($a = "SCALAR") =~ s/[^TT]/HOO/gi;

    Or, simplified:

    ($a = "SCALAR") =~ s/[^T]/HOO/gi;

    Since every character in the string "SCALAR" is "not T", every character is replaced with HOO. The original request was for a method of implementing !// using only //.

    Please put a little more thought into your response... Cheers...

      Hi MarkM ,

      Thanks for the reply , I got the actual post only now. That was totally my mistake . I see the solution from the other fellow reply . I shall surely give a little thought into my response .

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