On Thursday 04 July 2002 10:47 am, Larry Wall wrote:
On Thu, 4 Jul 2002, Ashley Winters wrote:
So I'd guess that we just don't talk about :-1, but rather say that
*$min..$max
is naturally greedy, and as with any quantifier you write
*$min..$max?
to get minimal matching.
I would
On Thursday 04 July 2002 11:07 am, Ashley Winters wrote:
I would expect /a*1..2?/ to mean /[a*1..2]?/ just looking at it. How
can ? ever mean non-greedy unless it follows a metachar [*+?]?
Perhaps I can respond to my own question. In /.+?/ . is an assertion, + is an
assertion, and ? is a
On Thu, 4 Jul 2002, Ashley Winters wrote:
: On Thursday 04 July 2002 10:47 am, Larry Wall wrote:
: On Thu, 4 Jul 2002, Ashley Winters wrote:
: So I'd guess that we just don't talk about :-1, but rather say that
:
: *$min..$max
:
: is naturally greedy, and as with any quantifier you
