--- Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Feb 20, R. Joseph Newton said:
> >if (/a/i and /e/i and /i/i and /o/i and /u/i) {print;}
>
> If you really want a one-regex solution, here's one. I don't suggest
> its use, though.
>
> print if /(?=.*a)(?=.*e)(?=.*i)(?=.*o)(?=.*u)/i;
Lookahead. Sweet, and I agree, ill advised. That's an elegant logic,
but very possibly a backtracking nightmare, lol....
For the peanut gallery, c.f. perldoc perlre for lookahead with ?=
Hey, Japhy -- didn't you get published?
What's the book? I want one. :)
Paul
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