Re^2: help needed to solve in regex

You forgot the surround the pattern with \b markers.

/\b\Q$find\E\b/

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Re^3: help needed to solve in regex by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jan 10, 2007 at 06:26 UTC
oh, I didn't notice that matched the third line. Unforunately, I don't agree with your solution. That is to say I don't think we can provide a solution with the information he provided us. For example, all of the following match his criteria, yet all are different: `/\b\Q$find\E\b/` `/(?<!\S)\Q$find\E/(?!\S)` `/\Q$find\E/(?!\.)` `/\Q$find\E$/` `/\Q$find\E$/m` `/\Q$find\E\z/` ... The op should have a look at perlre. (Or should I say "another look" since he should already have looked there when he started having problems with his regexp...)	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^3: help needed to solve in regex
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jan 10, 2007 at 06:26 UTC

/\b\Q$find\E\b/
/(?<!\S)\Q$find\E/(?!\S)
/\Q$find\E/(?!\.)
/\Q$find\E$/
/\Q$find\E$/m
/\Q$find\E\z/
...

The op should have a look at perlre. (Or should I say "another look" since he should already have looked there when he started having problems with his regexp...)

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