Re: Something is wrong with this pattern

What does $operator contain?

As a general comment: .+? at the start or end of a regex will never match anything - don't do that. It's also good practise to use a character set in place of . when using * to avoid capturing more than you intend.

True laziness is hard work

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Re^2: Something is wrong with this pattern by JavaFan (Canon) on Dec 24, 2010 at 10:34 UTC
As a general comment: .+? at the start or end of a regex will never match anything False: `$ perl -wE '"abcdef" =~ /(.+?)f/ and say $1' abcde` [download] Remember, "left-most match" trumps "shortest match".	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Something is wrong with this pattern by GrandFather (Saint) on Dec 24, 2010 at 21:42 UTC
Sigh, yes you are quite right and I didn't remember. Can we blame it on too much pre-Christmas cheer? Merry Christmas. ;) True laziness is hard work	[reply]