On Wednesday 03 Nov 2010, Uri Guttman wrote:
>
> try: 'EEEEE123EEExyz'
>
> your \b at the end also breaks many cases.
>
> perl -le 'print $1 if ("EE123EExyz" =~ /.*(E)\d*\b/)'
> perl -le 'print $1 if ("EE123abc" =~ /.*(E)\d*\b/)'
> perl -le 'print $1 if ("EE123EExyzE" =~ /.*(E)\d*\b/)'
> E
>
> the first two print nothing but the OP wants the last E.
>
Oh! the conditions I considered were entirely different (from one of his
examples). Not sure why I did that.
To find the last E, just the following simple regex would do, right?
/.*(E)/
or did I miss another important criteria? If so, please excuse me for I'm
probably not concentrating enough now. Might be because it's being late night
over here. Good nite/day!
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