Re: search and replace confusion

Your input contains:

<!-monthstart--><option value="01">January </option>\n
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Your substitution looks for:

s/<!--monthstart-->.*<!--monthend-->/MONTHS<br>\n/s;
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Spot the discrepancy :)

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Re^2: search and replace confusion by jonnyfolk (Vicar) on Nov 08, 2006 at 12:07 UTC
Aah, thanks very much. More embarrassing is the amount of time I've spent staring at it trying to find my mistake!! :)	[reply]