Re (tilly) 2: Mp3 Renamer

in reply to (redmist) Re: Mp3 Renamer
in thread Mp3 Renamer

What is the reason for this rule?

While I agree that it is good to understand everything that Ovid said in that node, I don't agree that .* (or .*?) should be avoided as a matter of religious principle.

But what do I know? I have been known to use goto. :-)

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(redmist) Re: Re (tilly) 2: Mp3 Renamer by redmist (Deacon) on Jan 08, 2001 at 03:16 UTC
I am really bad (they don't float my boat) at regular expressions, so all I know is that .* is very, very greedy. I was only trying to caution the poster about this greediness. redmist Silicon Cowboy Manipulating the Cosmic Mixing Board of Slack since 1981.	[reply]

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