At 04:06 PM 1/7/2008, Uri Guttman wrote:
^([Pp]([Oo][Ss][Tt])?[.\s]*[Oo]([Ff][Ff][Ii][Cc][Ee])?[.\s]*[Bb][Oo]
[Xx])|[Pp][Oo]([Bb]|[Xx]|[Dd][Rr][Aa][Ww][Ee][Rr]|[Ss][Tt][Oo][Ff][Ff]
[Ii][Cc][Ee]|[ ][Bb][Xx]|[Bb][Oo][Xx])|[Pp][/][Oo]|[Bb]([Xx]|[Oo][Xx]|
[Uu][Zz][Oo][Nn])|[Aa]([Pp][Aa][Rr][Tt][Aa][Dd][Oo]|[Pp][Tt][Dd][Oo])
the challenge: itemize the stupidities. the case issue is only 1! i
don't want to even post the 'spec' unless asked for it. i saw this on
usenet today.
Why use [ ] in one place when \s is known and used previously?
And ^ (i.e. \A) doesn't distribute across the alternatives, so
only the first alternative must match at beginning of string.
Assuming use of (?ix) then is this the de-obfuscated equivalent?
^( P ( OST)? [.\s]* O (FFICE)? [.\s]* BOX )
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PO ( B | X | DRAWER | STOFFICE | [ ]BX | BOX )
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P[/]O
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B ( X | OX | UZON )
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A ( PARTADO | PTDO )
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I'm a pessimist about probabilities; I'm an optimist about possibilities.
Lewis Mumford (1895-1990)
