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my $var = "thought test tot 1 2 3 tesset";
$var =~ s/(t.*?t)/($1 ne "test") ? "" : $1/ge;
print $var;

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Re: Re: A regex that does this, but not that?
by bradcathey (Prior) on Nov 15, 2003 at 00:10 UTC
    Thanks pg, that did exactly what I wanted. I have used conditionals in regexes before, but couldn't see the application here.

    Thanks to all the monks who replied.

    —Brad
    "A little yeast leavens the whole dough."
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