Re^2: Regex and \G (oops)

s!^((?: {8})+)!"\t" x length ($1) / 8!e;
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Why would you want to replace leading chunks of spaces with "0" while generating a warning?

Yet another example of why we should have a few more levels in the Perl precedence table.

- tye

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Re: Regex and \G (oops) by Abigail-II (Bishop) on Oct 23, 2003 at 14:45 UTC
Why would you want to replace leading chunks of spaces with "0" while generating a warning? Because tabs are evil, and it's good that when there's an attempt to summon evil, warnings are generated, and harmless beings (the 0's) are send instead. Abigail	[reply]