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| Brent Clark 2005-08-29, 3:55 am |
| Hi list
I have im trying to enhance my regex skill.
My questions is, would
m/^p11[016]/io
match like
m/^(p110|p111|p116)/io
Any tips or advice, would greatfully be appreciated.
Kind Regards
Brent Clark
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| Charles K. Clarkson 2005-08-29, 7:55 am |
| Brent Clark <mailto:bclark@eccotours.dyndns.org> wrote:
: I have im trying to enhance my regex skill.
:
: My questions is, would
:
: m/^p11[016]/io
:
: match like
:
: m/^(p110|p111|p116)/io
Yes.
: Any tips or advice, would greatfully be appreciated.
Why not test you regex to see if it works? Asking
questions here will take much more time than testing.
foreach my $value ( @list_of_test_values ) {
print qq($value matches "m/^(p110|p111|p116)/io"\n)
if $value =~ m/^(p110|p111|p116)/io;
print qq($value matches "m/^p11[016]/io"\n)
if $value =~ m/^p11[016]/io;
}
HTH,
Charles K. Clarkson
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| John W. Krahn 2005-08-29, 7:55 am |
| Brent Clark wrote:
> Hi list
Hello,
> I have im trying to enhance my regex skill.
>
> My questions is, would
>
> m/^p11[016]/io
>
> match like
>
> m/^(p110|p111|p116)/io
>
> Any tips or advice, would greatfully be appreciated.
It appears that they would both match the same string although I would think
that the second example would be slower and less efficient as using
alternation as well as capturing parentheses is usually slower. If in doubt,
use the Benchmark module to test your assumptions.
John
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program
fulfillment
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