Re: Regex question

I don't know, but if all you want to do is make sure names are between 250 and 1000 chars then you are better off using length in a coderef :

$rule->name( {return 1 if (
                            (length >= 250)
                             &&
                            (length <= 1000)
                           ) 
             } );
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not tested!! Just an idea!

Just a something something...

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Re^2: Regex question by Win (Novice) on Aug 04, 2009 at 14:23 UTC
Nice idea, however surely the regex parser in Perl would optimise to that anyway, wouldn't it? Update: Your method does however offer the advantage of allowing me to find file with a greater length. I'll just use the > 250 bit	[reply]
Re^3: Regex question by BioLion (Curate) on Aug 04, 2009 at 14:38 UTC
I don't know - I also don't know whether using .(dot) to match long strings like that would also be expensive, because of how many things could match such a 'loose' regex. But i am out of my depth here, i freely admit to not knowing enough about the inner workings of regexes... Just a something something...	[reply]
Re^2: Regex question by Win (Novice) on Aug 04, 2009 at 14:58 UTC
btw. The following works. Your bit of code wasn't quite there. ;) `$rule->name(length >= 250);` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Regex question by Anonymous Monk on Aug 05, 2009 at 00:06 UTC
`Can't call method "name" on an undefined value at - line 1.`	[reply] [d/l]