Re^2: string containing characters

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Re^3: string containing characters by hippo (Archbishop) on Jan 22, 2025 at 09:35 UTC
Handle how? If you try it with `my @list = qw/? ? ? s s s a a a y y y/;` instead, it works equally well. Not as efficiently, I grant you but it doesn't croak or give the wrong result. 🦛	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: string containing characters by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jan 22, 2025 at 14:46 UTC
It gives the wrong result. That list will match your first string even though it doesn't have three `?`. But again, it's possible that duplicates are disallowed, but the OP did not say they were disallowed.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: string containing characters by hippo (Archbishop) on Jan 22, 2025 at 15:30 UTC
I see what you mean now - thanks. IvanH has obviously been very loose in the spec. We'll see if he comes back with something more well-defined. 🦛	[reply]