#!/usr/bin/perl

# http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=1201640

use strict;
use warnings;


my @cases = (
    q{'abc"def'},
    q{'abc'},
    q{"abc"},
    q{''},
    q{'abc'def'},               # Want this to fail matching
    q{'This shouldn't match'},  # Want this to fail matching
    q{"This isn't a problem"},
    q{"abc},
    q{abc"},
    q{abc},
    q{'abc"},
    q{'ab''},  # Want this to fail matching
);

strip_quotes($_) for @cases;

# If we can remove a matching pair of single or double quotes from 
# a string, without the quote symbol also appearing within the string,
# do so. Otherwise don't change the string.

sub strip_quotes {
    my $line = shift;
    print "\n$line\n";

    # NO NEGATIVE LOOKAHEAD
    # This works except it allows an embedded delimiter
    if ( $line =~ m{^         # anchor
                    (         # capture delimiter in pos 1
                        ["']  # delim is single or double quote
                    )
                    (.*)      # anything
                    \g1$}x    # finally, the delim
                ) {
        print " 1- Got a match: delimiter was {$1}, body was {$2}\n";
    }
    else {
        print " 1- No match.\n";
    }

    # ATTEMPTING NEGATIVE LOOKAHEAD
    # This should fail if the delimiter is found in non-terminal pos.
    if ( $line =~ m{^         # anchor
                    (         # capture delimiter in pos 1
                        ["']  # delim is single or double quote
                    )

                    #(.*(?!\g1))  # neg lookahead for delim
                    ((?!.*\g1.).*)  # neg lookahead for delim

                    \g1$}x    # finally, the delim
                ) {
        print " 2- Got a match: delimiter was {$1}, body was {$2}\n";
    }
    else {
        print " 2- No match.\n";
    }
}
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