Re^2: Steps to get a substring from a string

if m/name=([^\.]+)/;

Small remark: there's no need to escape '.' (dot) in a character class.

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Re^3: Steps to get a substring from a string by CountZero (Bishop) on Jul 21, 2015 at 17:45 UTC
I know. It is just a (bad?) habit I have and to be a bit more orthogonal between the use is "." inside and outside of character classes. CountZero A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James My blog: Imperial Deltronics	[reply]

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Re^3: Steps to get a substring from a string
by CountZero (Bishop) on Jul 21, 2015 at 17:45 UTC

CountZero

A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James

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