#! /usr/local/bin/perl5.003 -w

  {
        my($string) = "brad<hello>3hello";
        $string =~ /^[^\d]{2,4}<([^>]+)>\d?\1$/;
        if( defined($1) ) {
                print "$1\n";
        } else {
                print "not found\n";
        }
  }

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Q1. Explain what the regular expression is trying to match? ***** Also, pls give areply for this one too:

Q2. If you were writing a perl program as a prototype for a program you would like to eventually write in C (not C++), would this alter how you write the Perl prototype? In what ways? What features of Perl would you use to ease the process?

**************** Quick response will be appreciated!

--Cris

Fixed formatting by holli

In reply to Homework -- How Do I Read A Regex? by criscross

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