Re^2: Regex triggering uninitialised values

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Thanks, ikegami!

How will the regex change if I need to match more than one digit before %var%? Just can't think of anything at the moment...

Edited: Sorry, just discovered that moving the ? solves the problem.

#$str =~ s/(\d+?)%var%(.*)/$1REPLACED$2/;</strikeout>
As pointed out by Eimi Metamorphoumai 
$str =~ s/(\d*)%var%(.*)/$1REPLACED$2/;</strikeout>
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Re^3: Regex triggering uninitialised values by Eimi Metamorphoumai (Deacon) on Nov 19, 2004 at 18:01 UTC
Watch out! '`+?`' isn't the same as '``' in a regexp. If you want zero or more, you want '``'. '`+?`' will only match if there is one or more, but will match non-greedily (that is, as few characters as possible).	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Regex triggering uninitialised values by kiat (Vicar) on Nov 19, 2004 at 18:06 UTC
Ah, thanks!	[reply]

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