Re^2: How would I change a10 into A:10 in perl?

Though it's a good attempt, I'm not too impressed.

My proposed fix:

$combined =~ s/([a-z]+)(\d+)/\U$1:$2/i;
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Re^3: How would I change a10 into A:10 in perl? by Anonymous Monk on Dec 03, 2010 at 13:46 UTC
"If the requirements change from 1 letter to more, your code won't handle it. " If the requirements change from letters to kanji or hiragana characters, your code won't handle it either. And that is just as likely. Coding now to exceed the known requirements, in order to cater for some future, speculative change, is a waste of time and effort. When (if!) the requirements change, the the code can be changed to match the new requirements.	[reply]

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"If the requirements change from 1 letter to more, your code won't handle it. "

If the requirements change from letters to kanji or hiragana characters, *your code* won't handle it either. And that is just as likely.

Coding now to exceed the known requirements, in order to cater for some future, speculative change, is a waste of time and effort.

When (if!) the requirements change, the the code can be changed to match the new requirements.