Re: example of 'm / / m' related example and compare to 'm / / s'

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Re^2: example of 'm / / m' related example and compare to 'm / / s' by educated_foo (Vicar) on Dec 05, 2011 at 13:26 UTC
How can one compare two independent things? It's not so hard: `//m` causes `^` and `$` to match at newlines in the middle of your string, while `//s` causes `.` to match newlines. The Nile is a river in Africa, while the Mississippi is a river in North America. The `-g` flag turns on debugging information, while the `-O` flag turns on optimization.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: example of 'm / / m' related example and compare to 'm / / s' by ikegami (Patriarch) on Dec 05, 2011 at 17:50 UTC
//m causes ^ and $ to match at newlines in the middle of your string, while //s causes . to match newlines. You're comparing using /m to not using /m, and using /s to not using /s. You're not comparing /m to /s. Your river example compares the location of the rivers, but there's no common aspect of /m and /s to compare.	[reply]
Re^3: example of 'm / / m' related example and compare to 'm / / s' by ikegami (Patriarch) on Dec 05, 2011 at 17:56 UTC
//m causes ^ and $ to match at newlines in the middle of your string, while //s causes . to match newlines. You're comparing using /m to not using /m, and using /s to not using /s. You're not comparing /m to /s. Your river example compares the location of the rivers, but there's no common aspect of /m and /s to compare.	[reply]