Re^2: Help with regex, how to get the largest integer in a string?

Just a question: What is the lookahead needed for?
It seems to mee that

my @arr = split /(\D+)/, $s;
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works as well.
Max

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Re^3: Help with regex, how to get the largest integer in a string? by naikonta (Curate) on Apr 19, 2007 at 14:31 UTC
Whenever split() will do, I avoid regex. ++ Open source softwares? Share and enjoy. Make profit from them if you can. Yet, share and enjoy!	[reply]
Re^4: Help with regex, how to get the largest integer in a string? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Apr 19, 2007 at 15:24 UTC
Are you aware that the first parameter to split is a regex? With everything, good and bad, that implies. Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. "Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."	[reply]
Re^5: Help with regex, how to get the largest integer in a string? by naikonta (Curate) on Apr 19, 2007 at 15:52 UTC
My understanding of split is for the whole thing about it, including of course that pattern being the first argument. Likewise, my statement referred to the comparison between regex- and split-based solution despite that a pattern being used in split. Open source softwares? Share and enjoy. Make profit from them if you can. Yet, share and enjoy!	[reply]