Re^3: Yet Another Rosetta Code Problem (Perl, Ruby, Python, Haskell, ...) (forget captures )

> a way to "forget" the group...

Ha! Someone already found a generic solution 14 years ago....:)

 DB<1> x "ZBBCZZ" =~ /(??{'(.)\1*'})/g;
0  'Z'
1  'BB'
2  'C'
3  'ZZ'
  DB<2>
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Brillant! :)

Cheers Rolf
_{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)

Wikisyntax for the Monastery}

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Re^4: Yet Another Rosetta Code Problem (Perl, Ruby, Python, Haskell, ...) by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Oct 21, 2021 at 01:01 UTC
And I see pKai is from Erlangen - an easy 216.6 km scenic drive from Darmstadt. :) Nice necropost BTW. Update: Maybe you should try to hire pKai to replace your new Python guy. :)	[reply]
Re^5: Yet Another Rosetta Code Problem (Perl, Ruby, Python, Haskell, ...) by LanX (Saint) on Oct 21, 2021 at 04:09 UTC
I noticed. Actually our last "real" German Perl Workshop in 2020 ° was there and I'm wondering if I (ever) met him. :) (There was a time where I thought Erlang was named after Erlangen ...) Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery} °) the only in-house/unwired Perl Workshop of 2020 AFAIK! =)	[reply]