Re^4: A NOT in regular expressions (why [^%>]?)

Making the (?: ) into a (?> ) should also fix that without removing the pluses, no?

Makeshifts last the longest.

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Re: Re^4: A NOT in regular expressions (why [^%>]?) by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on May 14, 2003 at 11:28 UTC
Um, no. `$s = '1 <% xxx%%> 2 <%%> 3 <%>%> 4 <% >% %> 5 <%%%% xxx %%%%> 6 '; $s =~ s/<% (?> [^%]+ \| %+ [^>]+ )* %>/!REPLACED!/xg; print $s; 1 !REPLACED!%> 4 <% >% %> 5 <%%%% xxx %%%%> 6` [download] Examine what is said, not who speaks. "Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham "When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong." -Richard Buckminster Fuller	[reply] [d/l]

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Re: Re^4: A NOT in regular expressions (why [^%>]?)
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on May 14, 2003 at 11:28 UTC

Um, no.

$s = '1 <% xxx%%> 2 <%%> 3 <%>%> 4 <% >% %> 5 <%%%% xxx %%%%> 6 ';

$s =~ s/<% (?> [^%]+ | %+ [^>]+ )* %>/!REPLACED!/xg; 
print $s;

1 !REPLACED!%> 4 <% >% %> 5 <%%%% xxx %%%%> 6
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"Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham
"When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong." -Richard Buckminster Fuller

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