On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 09:52:43AM -0500, Nikola Janceski wrote:
> I think I am asking a bit much on this...
>
> I was wondering if there is a module out there that will find a the common
> pattern among an array of strings and return the regular expression to match
> the common part.
Do you really want a regular expression?
How about:
sub common { ".*" }
> ie:
> @stuff = qw (123crapstuff morecrap crappedshit);
>
> I want the module to return 'crap' since that is the common part in all the
> items.
>
> I know... real long shot. I tried searching but don't even know what to
> search for.
Try Algorithm::Diff. I doesn't do just what you want, but it might get
you part of the way there.
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