Re: Re: Re: how to find hash keys in a string ?

Thanks a lot guys
just one question though, is'\b' suppose to match 'tom' in 'stomach' ?(I m not sure about this) but isn't '\b' suppose to match things ending in word boundries ?

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Re: Re: Re: Re: how to find hash keys in a string ? by bart (Canon) on May 03, 2003 at 12:50 UTC
Yes, ending and beginning with word boundaries, i.e. a transition from a word character (letter, digit or underscore) to either a non-word character, or begin or end of the whole string. `/\btom\b/` will match in "foo-tom-bar" but not in "tom33".	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Re: Re: how to find hash keys in a string ? by LordWeber (Monk) on May 03, 2003 at 16:20 UTC
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