Re: Greed is going to get you, was Re: can't get $& to remove value in a substitution

thanks for pointing that out...i didn't use the non-greedy qualifier because i know that i will only encounter one "textarea" in my file.

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Re: Re: Greed is going to get you, was Re: can't get $& to remove value in a substitution by RMGir (Prior) on Oct 24, 2002 at 14:55 UTC
Now you've confused me :) (Don't worry, it's easy to confuse me) Why use while(//g) if there's only ever going to be one match? -- Mike	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Greed is going to get you, was Re: can't get $& to remove value in a substitution by zusuki-san (Initiate) on Oct 25, 2002 at 09:43 UTC
erm, you're right...i meant to use non-greedy matching, oversight on my part :) thanks for pointing it out	[reply]