Re^2: Perl's regexp (?{...}) construct and constraining matches.

Thanks diotalevi, I was struggling to come up with guaranteed failure condition. \w\b\w works, but your solution is more elegant.

Implementing your suggestions, the regexp now looks like:

m/$find(?(?{not(pos()<=length($_)*.5)})(?!))/
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Starting to look a little saner.

Dave

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Re^3: Perl's regexp (?{...}) construct and constraining matches. by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Aug 14, 2004 at 19:26 UTC
Of course, as with everything else, sanity is relative… `:-)` Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply]
Re^3: Perl's regexp (?{...}) construct and constraining matches. by diotalevi (Canon) on Aug 16, 2004 at 12:25 UTC
You know, would it kill you to call your mother? She's been waiting to tell you your regexes need more whitespace.	[reply]

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