> -----Original Message----- > From: Jenda Krynicky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 2:24 AM > To: beginners@perl.org > Subject: Re: Overlapping substitution
> $s = 'One,.,.,.'; > $s =~ s/,\.(?=,|$)/,/g; > print $s; Diky moc. From my naïve view, I don't think I would have attempted to include the alternation within the zero-width positive look-ahead assertion without seeing your example. As you correctly pointed out, I had forgotten to check the last variable, too. Kind regards, Kevin Kevin Viel, PhD Post-doctoral fellow Department of Genetics Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research San Antonio, TX 78227 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
