Re^2: I THOUGHT I'd finally understood genex

I THOUGHT I was doing something simple. I thought by using a string at the top for the expression I was making it easier to read. Sometimes I think too much.
My thanks to everyone for the help!

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Re^3: I THOUGHT I'd finally understood genex by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Jan 09, 2018 at 17:01 UTC
I thought by using a string at the top for the expression I was making it easier to read. Even without the confounding `m/ /` pieces in the string, it's almost never a good idea to use either a single- or double-quoted string to define a regex if you can avoid it; many subtle pitfalls lurk there. Use the `qr//` operator instead; see Regexp Quote-Like Operators in perlop. Give a man a fish: `<%-{-{-{-<`	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^3: I THOUGHT I'd finally understood genex
by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Jan 09, 2018 at 17:01 UTC

I thought by using a string at the top for the expression I was making it easier to read.

Even without the confounding m/ / pieces in the string, it's almost never a good idea to use either a single- or double-quoted string to define a regex if you can avoid it; many subtle pitfalls lurk there. Use the qr// operator instead; see Regexp Quote-Like Operators in perlop.

Give a man a fish: <%-{-{-{-<

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