(tye)Re2: Matching inconsistency in for loop

if(  $answer =~ /\Q$questions[$i]\E(.*?)\Q$questions[$j]\E/s  ) {
    print qq(The answer is $1\n);
}
[download]

/m controls whether ^ and $ can match around newlines in the middle of the string. You want /s which controls whether . can match newlines.

- tye (but my friends call me "Tye")

Comment on (tye)Re2: Matching inconsistency in for loop Download Code

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re: (tye)Re2: Matching inconsistency in for loop by Rich36 (Chaplain) on Dec 13, 2001 at 02:41 UTC
You sir, are truly a saint. I've been tearing my hair out over that for some time. I've obviously got some learning to do when it comes to regular expressions. This problem is work related, but what I plan on doing is to reformat the code and set up a Snippet on extracting questions and answers from text. Thanks. Rich36 There's more than one way to screw it up...	[reply]