Re: Regex to add space after punctuation sign

No alternation, no /e, just soft and pink.

s/(?!\d[.,]\d)(.[^\w\s])(?!\s)/$1 /g;
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Update
Just noticed how similar this is to ysth's solution, but his use of lookahead/lookbehind is really advanced.
...and...
Had removed the dot from the group. Need that. (Thanks, dda.)

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Re: Re: Regex to add space after punctuation sign by dda (Friar) on Jan 10, 2004 at 20:34 UTC
Hmm.. Just tried: `$_ = "1.2.a.b"; s/(?!\d[.,]\d)([^\w\s])(?!\s)/$1 /g; print;` [download] Prints `"1. 2. a. b"` --dda	[reply] [d/l] [select]