Re: Re: Add coma to numbers, a bit better

japhy, am I missing something about why reverse regexen would be little known? The reverse commify thingie has been in perlfaq5 for about 4 years now.

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Re: Re: Re: Add coma to numbers, a bit better by japhy (Canon) on Mar 03, 2001 at 02:12 UTC
But the algorithm was never named, nor paid much attention to. That FAQ entry is an isolated use of its powerful abilities. `japhy` -- Perl and Regex Hacker	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Re: Add coma to numbers, a bit better by danger (Priest) on Mar 03, 2001 at 02:35 UTC
Well, actually, it was named "Poor man's look-behind" when it was first posted it to clpm in early '97, and while the name didn't stick, I certainly saw the same technique come up a few times in other discussions there as well as the reverse commify meme showing up in several places besides the faq.	[reply]