in reply to match character in a set, then match one of the other ones

Updated per moritz correction below.

So: 

print $1 while 'hello' =~ m[(([a-z])(?!\2)[a-z])]g;;
he
lo

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Re^2: match character in a set, them match one of the other ones
by moritz (Cardinal) on Aug 18, 2011 at 14:59 UTC
    That dot should probably be replaced by [a-z], if I understood the original question correctly.
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      Indeed. Corrected above.

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