in reply to Re: Re: Long regexp un multiple lines
in thread Long regexp un multiple lines

Actually the reason he had to use the (?:$x:){5} approach is because of the colon character that's supposed to delimit each grouping. Your solution leaves that out entirely. Yours will expand to: 
/^(?:[\da-f]{2}){5}(?:[\da-f]{2})$/

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...note the missing : colons.


Dave

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Long regexp un multiple lines
by japhy (Canon) on Apr 22, 2004 at 20:46 UTC
    Oh, oops, duh.
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    s++=END;++y(;-P)}y js++=;shajsj<++y(p-q)}?print:??;
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