Re: Match whitespace or start-of-string with lookbehind

I am not quite sure of what you are asking but here is something that I think is functionally equivalent to what you are showing doing:

$text =~ s/(^|\s)"(?=\w)/$1“/gs;
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In short I am just changing the variable length lookbehind assertion and making it a regular captured pattern and putting it back after the match.

HTH

-enlil

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Re^2: Match whitespace or start-of-string with lookbehind by BigLug (Chaplain) on Aug 24, 2004 at 02:58 UTC
Yeah, that works. I just hate capturing something just to stick it back in the same place later! If this is a root node: Before responding, please ensure your clue bit is set. If this is a reply: This is a discussion group, not a helpdesk ... If the discussion happens to answer a question you've asked, that's incidental.	[reply]