Re: Help with Regular Expression matching

How about or-ing the regexp then?

my ($match) = $string =~ /<(ab)>|(ab)/;
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Re: Re: Help with Regular Expression matching by Anonymous Monk on Feb 18, 2004 at 10:41 UTC
This will capture `<ab>` into `$1` and `ab` into `$2` - This means that `$match` will not capture `ab`.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Re: Help with Regular Expression matching by davis (Vicar) on Feb 18, 2004 at 10:43 UTC
~~As our friend notes, you mean:~~ ~~`my ($match) = $string =~ /(<ab>\|ab)/;`~~ ~~[download]~~ Update: Ok, I didn't read the spec carefully enough, I think this will do it: `my ($match) = $string =~ /(?!<ab[^>]\|[^<]ab>)<?(ab)>?/` [download] But I'd probably split it into two regexes. I'm talking twaddle, anyone else want a go? davis It's not easy to juggle a pregnant wife and a troubled child, but somehow I managed to fit in eight hours of TV a day.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Re: Re: Help with Regular Expression matching by Anonymous Monk on Feb 18, 2004 at 10:46 UTC
This is close, but I don't want to capture the surrounding brackets.	[reply]