in reply to Regexes Are Not For String Comparison

uhm, japhy, unless I am mistaken this node is a rehash of your node which is a perlmonks best nodes : Code Smarter.

But the more times people that see your wisdom re-distilled and re-stated, they may actually allow it to seep into their skulls which are only 1/10th as thick as mine.

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Re: Re: Regexes Are Not For String Comparison
by japhy (Canon) on Apr 24, 2001 at 23:50 UTC
    Yes, it is a repetition of a main point in that node, but I felt I had to bring it to light again, since there were some nodes about such misuse (in my opinion) of regexes.

    japhy -- Perl and Regex Hacker
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