in reply to Re: Perl Syntax that we generally don't know or forget.
in thread Perl Syntax/resources that we generally don't know or forget.

I put this just as an example of use of (?:^|foo).

Actually the code to remove a comment line should be: 

  $str =~ s/(?:^|\n)[ \t]*#[^\r\n]*//gs ;

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Thanks for the advice. ;-P

Graciliano M. P.
"Creativity is the expression of the liberty".

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