Re: How can I delete characters between

use File::Slurp;
my $text = read_file( 'filename' ) ;
$text =~ s!<[^>]+>!!g;
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Re^2: How can I delete characters between < and > in Perl? by Anonymous Monk on Apr 18, 2009 at 14:04 UTC
needs to be non-greedy `$text =~ s!<[^>]+?>!!g;`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: How can I delete characters between < and > in Perl? by kyle (Abbot) on Apr 18, 2009 at 16:39 UTC
What's the difference? The character class (`[^>]`) is never going to accidentally slurp up closing hoinkies anyway.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: How can I delete characters between < and > in Perl? by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Apr 18, 2009 at 16:44 UTC
That is incorrect. That's part of the reason for using negated match classes. It cannot over-match.	[reply]