Re^5: How to enforce match priority irrespective of string position

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Re^6: How to enforce match priority irrespective of string position by Polyglot (Chaplain) on Mar 07, 2021 at 14:11 UTC
Because of the complexity of the operation, I am actually matching a chunk at a time (it is this step where I've run into the "false positives" problem and need a priority-match solution) and then I am substituting via an evaluated subroutine which processes the captured chunk and returns the correct replacement. So, in a sense, I am doing this already--but in stages, via the subroutine. For the basic idea: `$str = s~[my regex] ~print "DEBUG: 3:$3; 4:$4; 5:$5; 6:$6\n"; $procfootnote->()~egmx;` [download] I'm no stranger to regex...but regex is sufficiently complex that I doubt I'll ever fully master it! Blessings, ~Polyglot~	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^6: How to enforce match priority irrespective of string position
by Polyglot (Chaplain) on Mar 07, 2021 at 14:11 UTC

Because of the complexity of the operation, I am actually matching a chunk at a time (it is this step where I've run into the "false positives" problem and need a priority-match solution) and then I am substituting via an evaluated subroutine which processes the captured chunk and returns the correct replacement. So, in a sense, I am doing this already--but in stages, via the subroutine.

For the basic idea:

$str = s~[my regex]
~print "DEBUG: 3:$3; 4:$4; 5:$5; 6:$6\n"; $procfootnote->()~egmx;
[download]

I'm no stranger to regex...but regex is sufficiently complex that I doubt I'll ever fully master it!

Blessings,

~Polyglot~

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[d/l]