Re^2: regexp problem - extract all but last part of SNMP OID

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Alternatively, if the initial condition is essential, you can use a capture on the lead in. This is inefficient, but necessary without variable-length look behind support.

$oidfila =~ s/(^[0-9\.]+)\.[0-9]+$/$1/;

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Re^3: regexp problem - extract all but last part of SNMP OID by hbm (Hermit) on Nov 21, 2011 at 19:18 UTC
Which, according to perlre, can be written more efficiently with the "keep" construct: `$oidfila =~ s/^[\d.]+\K\.\d+$//;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]

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