Re: Quick regexp question

Just a thought, your code is going to make things like "CIA" and "NASA" come out as "Cia" and "Nasa" -- is that OK?

($_='kkvvttuubbooppuuiiffssqqffssmmiibbddllffss')
 =~y~b-v~a-z~s;                             print
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Re: Re: Quick regexp question by rkg (Hermit) on Oct 06, 2003 at 02:32 UTC
Yep, imperfect, but it is the best I can do given the large volume of text I need to process, and meets the level of accuracy of the spec. <humor> Maybe perl 6 will offer new flavors of `\b` word boundary tags which'll be smart enough to recognize the start of well-know acronyms...</humor>	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Re: Quick regexp question by Cody Pendant (Prior) on Oct 06, 2003 at 02:58 UTC
You could always define a hash of any acronyms that are likely to be there (download a list from somewhere) and put "unless defined $dontchange{$word}" before your regex. `($_='kkvvttuubbooppuuiiffssqqffssmmiibbddllffss') =~y~b-v~a-z~s; print` [download]	[reply] [d/l]