Re^2: Regex question once-only use of chars in a charset

Cool! Sorting the word as well is a game changer! Then you just check off the letters in order.

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Re^3: Regex question once-only use of chars in a charset by CountZero (Bishop) on May 15, 2011 at 18:51 UTC
It is an old trick. Transform both sides of the comparison to a canonical form and the whole problems becomes much easier to solve. CountZero A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James	[reply]

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Re^3: Regex question once-only use of chars in a charset
by CountZero (Bishop) on May 15, 2011 at 18:51 UTC

CountZero

A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James

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