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Re^4: Simple regexp question
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 31, 2006 at 07:15 UTC

    Test before contradicting someone. 

    print('*' =~ /^[*]$/ ? 'match' : 'no match', "\n");  # match
print(']' =~ /^[*]$/ ? 'match' : 'no match', "\n");  # no match
print(''  =~ /^[*]$/ ? 'match' : 'no match', "\n");  # no match

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    Only \, ^ (depending on position), - (depending on position), ], the sequence [:...:] and the regexp delimiter are special in character classes.

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      I'd add

      perl -e "print (';' =~ /[];]/ ?'match':'nomatch');" prints "match"

      the ] is also depending on position

      update: fixed typo
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