Re: [tlug] Regexp

[Josh Glover <tlug@example.com>]

Quoth Daniel Quimper (Wed 2004-05-05 06:24:39PM +0900):

> Seriously, I need to parse out a much longer string then just "abc". And
> looking at what you wrote, the regexp would be too long to be  
> implementable.

Do it in Perl, if you have the option:

$line !~ /abc/;

And if Perl is not an option, maybe you can still use it to generate the
ridiculous regexp that Dr. Turnbull (he *is* a Doctor of Regexpology,
you know)[1] spewed your way.

-Josh

[1] D:IAALB (Disclaimer: I Am A Lying Bastard)

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Josh Glover

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