Re: Regex: return the pattern instead of the actual match

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Re^2: Regex: return the pattern instead of the actual match by JavaFan (Canon) on Sep 15, 2011 at 11:43 UTC
Rubbish. The keys of %+ gives you the names of the capture group, the values give you the part of the string that's matched. It doesn't give you the (sub)pattern.	[reply]
Re^3: Regex: return the pattern instead of the actual match by LanX (Saint) on Sep 16, 2011 at 08:19 UTC
Re-Rubbish! It's a very good advice. Associating the name of the capture group to the subpattern solves the problem. Cheers Rolf	[reply]
Re^4: Regex: return the pattern instead of the actual match by JavaFan (Canon) on Sep 16, 2011 at 14:17 UTC
Really? How does that work? How do you re-construct the subpattern from the (not necessarely unique) label you've given it? And why can't you do the same magical trick with the unique numbered match?	[reply]
Re^5: Regex: return the pattern instead of the actual match by LanX (Saint) on Sep 16, 2011 at 14:40 UTC
Re^6: Regex: return the pattern instead of the actual match by JavaFan (Canon) on Sep 16, 2011 at 16:00 UTC
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Re^2: Regex: return the pattern instead of the actual match by Deus Ex (Scribe) on Sep 16, 2011 at 06:04 UTC
Hi, sadly, I have no access to a more recent perl version than the 5.8.8, so I can't use no named grouping within regex's. Thanks though for the advice!	[reply]