G'day vsespb,

You could set up something like this just once: 

my $d = qr{[0-9]};
my $w = qr{[A-Za-z0-9_]};

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And then just use $w and $d instead of \w and \d. That gives you the added benefit of still having \w and \d available if you need them. Here's a minimal test: 

$ perl -le '
    my $w = qr{[A-Za-z0-9_]};
    print q{With \x{424}:};
    print 3+6 if "\x{424}" =~ /$w/;
    print q{With \x{42}:};
    print 3+6 if "\x{42}" =~ /$w/;
'
With \x{424}:
With \x{42}:
9

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-- Ken

In reply to Re: Force ASCII regexp for all perls 5.8+ by kcott
in thread Force ASCII regexp for all perls 5.8+ by vsespb

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