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Re^5: Converting Oracle report language code into perl
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 26, 2007 at 12:11 UTC

    Why did you remove the /x option? Without it, all those spaces in your regex above will have to match the test exactly, and it will fail if they do not.

    Why did you remove the /s option? Without it, the regex will not work.

    Why did you remove the /m option? Without it, the regex will not work.

    Why did you get rid of the my $def ...? Without it, you are just making life hard for yourself.

    How do you expect this (select[^\.\.]) to match everything between the select and the end of the statement?

    Did you read the comments and explanations I posted? Did you make any attempt to understand them?

    Honestly, if you want to do this task, you are going to have to put some effort in. I ain't going to do it all for you.


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