Re: regex to match a literal dot near end of string

Close, but because there could be multiple, you need to use * for extra-greedyness :

sub new_filename {
    my ($name,$platform) = @_;
    $name =~ /^(.*)(\..+)$/ or die "$name is an invalid patch name";
    "$1.$platform$2";
}
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Thst should work, + is just not greedy enough

OH, a sarcasm detector, that’s really useful

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Re: Re: regex to match a literal dot near end of string by japhy (Canon) on Jul 18, 2001 at 20:39 UTC
No, `+` and `` are equally greedy. The former just requires at least one character to match, while the latter does not. _____________________________________________________ Jeff `japhy` Pinyan: Perl, regex, and perl* hacker. `s++=END;++y(;-P)}y js++=;shajsj<++y(p-q)}?print:??;`	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: regex to match a literal dot near end of string by MZSanford (Curate) on Jul 18, 2001 at 20:43 UTC
<braindead> Not sure what i meant, when i think , i knew that. Sorry 'bout that </braindead> OH, a sarcasm detector, that’s really useful	[reply]