I *had* (past tense) a cheatsheet that explained everything perfectly with regards to standard unix shell regex's. But I lost it. It was wonderful. Everything you needed to know was right there printed on a piece of paper, then placed on top of a blank IBM 5081 punch card, and laminated for protection. It probably grew legs...
--- Detlef Lindenthal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Uli Wienands wrote about regex constructs: > >" ... I never could find the time to understand it >and the docs I have access to are just not clear enough ..." > > >-- In my beginning days I bought some regex books, but >what I found was that they where of little help for >bloody beginners -- they lack of examples. > >-- My brother uses to say, he does not like and learn >Perl and RegEx because they are so "cryptic" !!! -- >But I know that in most cases they have a very clear and >economic concept. -- > >My question to everyone: >Are there more Perlers who would like a beginners >tutorium to blow apart the fogs of crypticness? > >Or is it superfluous because useable tutorials already do >exist? > >All those beginner's questions would be useful for such a >tutorium. I have dozens of samples and I would like to >share them with others; and I would like to collect more >samples; and I also have tasks that I could not solve in an >elegant way. > >If we would have such a tutorial circle, where would it >meet: in this mailing list, or on some appropriate URL >with a more sophisticated forum? > >Suggestions and opinions are welcome. > >Detlef > > >############################################### >## Here is one example: >## How can I split a string two-by-two? >## One answer: > >$_ = "aabbccdde"; >print join " ", m,..,g;
