Re: Re: Is there a way I can substitute for ":" except when it is preceded by a letter C

But what if the string is ':foo'?

s/([^C:]*):/$1'/g;
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tachyon

s&&rsenoyhcatreve&&&s&n.+t&"$'$`$\"$\&"&ee&&y&srve&&d&&print

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Re: Re: Re: Is there a way I can substitute for ":" except when it is preceded by a letter C by MrNobo1024 (Hermit) on Aug 17, 2002 at 02:35 UTC
That's not quite right, the * makes it match even if there's 0 C's, turning all colons into apostrophes, not just the intended ones `s/(^\|[^C]):/$1'/g` [download] fixes that, but won't work if there is multiple colons in a row. A negative lookbehind is probably the only way to do this properly. --MrNobo1024 `s]]HrLfbfe\|EbBibmv]e\|s}w}ciZx^RYhL}e^print`	[reply] [d/l]