in reply to Re^4: Reading Reg Exp
in thread Reading Reg Exp

Consonants, rather :)

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Re^6: Reading Reg Exp
by JavaFan (Canon) on Aug 11, 2010 at 10:54 UTC
    Out of 26 characters, 5 are vowels (ignoring the fact 'y' and Welsh 'w' sometimes play the role of vowel). Which is about 20% of the characters 'a' to 'z'. \s matches 25 characters, but the explain lists 5.

    So, I did mean vowels where I wrote vowels.

      OK, you're right.