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http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1393 --- Comment #4 from Philip Hazel <[email protected]> 2013-10-08 18:51:35 --- On Tue, 8 Oct 2013, ouadji wrote: > (3)(?!\1) ... matches 3 from input string a3bc > the term (?!\1) is just a conditional term, > but (?!\1)is not included in the match. > The good résult would be 3b. The ... in my pattern was part of the pattern! So you need (3)(?!\1). ^ ^ This matches the character. I realized this isn't quite as simple. And it won't work if the group has a variable number of characters. > "Nothing like you suggest exists in Perl ..." > > I suspected a answer like this one. I understand, but it's a pity. Even more unlikely is the introduction of a new meta-character like the ~ you suggest. It would break many patterns. > but like you say, if nothing like i suggest exists in Perl > ... then this is a dead end. :-) Perl does keep changing ... I try to keep up with it. So you never know. Regards, Philip -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.exim.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email -- ## List details at https://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/pcre-dev
