(Ovid) Re(2): Death to Dot Star!

/"([^"]*)\?"/ almost works, but often, quoted strings allow escapes:

my $myvar = '"Did John say \"go home\" to Suzie?"';
$myvar =~ /"([^"]*)\?"/;
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The above code will put " to Suzie" (without the quotes) in $1.

Cheers,
Ovid

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Re: (Ovid) Re(2): Death to Dot Star! by Anonymous Monk on Apr 13, 2001 at 01:34 UTC
So does yours. If you want to allow \" inside strings, you need to use something like `/"((?:\\"\|[^"])*)\?"/`	[reply] [d/l]

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