Re^2: Reading Reg Exp

\s+                      whitespace (\n, \r, \t, \f, and " ")

That's actually incorrect. \s matches 25 different characters, although locale (and EBCDIC) can change the set of characters matched. Even in the LATIN-1 range, next line ("\x85") and no-break space ("\xA0") will be matched by \s if either the pattern or subject has the UTF-8 flag set.

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Re^3: Reading Reg Exp by kejohm (Hermit) on Aug 11, 2010 at 10:33 UTC
YAPE::Regex::Explain is probably only set up for the most common uses; since it uses YAPE::Regex to parse the regex, it probably can't detect encoding or locale. Since it is only providing an explanation of the regex, in most cases it wouldn't really matter.	[reply]
Re^4: Reading Reg Exp by JavaFan (Canon) on Aug 11, 2010 at 10:45 UTC
But even ignoring locale or encoding, it's still not listing 80% of the characters the class can match. That's like saying `[a-z]` matches all the vowels.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Reading Reg Exp by kejohm (Hermit) on Aug 12, 2010 at 07:34 UTC
According to the perlrecharclass manpage: \s matches any single character that is considered whitespace. In the ASCII range, \s matches the horizontal tab (\t), the new line (\n), the form feed (\f), the carriage return (\r), and the space. It also says: Without a locale or EBCDIC code page, \s matches the five characters mentioned in the beginning of this paragraph. Update: Link fixed.	[reply]
Re^6: Reading Reg Exp by JavaFan (Canon) on Aug 12, 2010 at 08:42 UTC
Re^7: Reading Reg Exp by kejohm (Hermit) on Aug 12, 2010 at 11:55 UTC
Re^5: Reading Reg Exp by choroba (Cardinal) on Aug 11, 2010 at 10:49 UTC
Consonants, rather :)	[reply]
Re^6: Reading Reg Exp by JavaFan (Canon) on Aug 11, 2010 at 10:54 UTC
Re^7: Reading Reg Exp by choroba (Cardinal) on Aug 11, 2010 at 10:57 UTC