On Oct 27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Brian:
Brian: If you want to make sure they are alternating like <><><> etc... I would do
Brian: this:
Brian:
Brian: $_ = $line;
Brian:
Brian: @syms = m/[<>]/g;
Brian: $string = join("", @syms);
Brian: if ($strings !~ m/^<(><)*>$/)
Brian: {
Brian: ## Scream here!
Brian: }
Brian:
Brian: The regular expression:
Brian:
Brian: m/^<(><)*>$/
Brian:
Brian: will ensure that it starts with < and ends with > and anything in between
Brian: will be "><" which I think should do the trick. That logic is pretty hairy
Brian: though and I could be missing something.
Wouldnt m/[<>]/g literally match <> and not <characters>?
Why wouldnt it be m/[<.+>]/g ?
Thanks
Birl
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