Bill -OSX- Jones wrote:
>
> Greetings, On Friday, January 25, 2002, at 10:56 AM,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > /[fF][oO][oO]/ better than /foo/i
> >
> > That'd be Mr. RE Jeffrey Freidl in the Mastering RE/Owl book.
> > The parser
> > has to do less backtracking or something.
>
> I have to disagree; while I have read the RE/Owl (I hear there is
> another in the works?) I feel that
>
> /[fF][oO][oO]/ lacks clarity over /foo/i
>
> Not to get too far OT, but my original post truly concerned
> counting, w/o mention of speed; but I simply wanted it *shorter*
> because at that time I wanted to post an entry into Perl Golf for
> hole even.pl -- but since have disqualified myself as I feel I had
> too much help...
>
> (In case anyone is wondering - I did end up with my own solution at
> 91 strokes... It was a bastardized version of the previous thread I
> am guilty of starting here...)
>
> HTH :)
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> //\ Have Computer -
> v_/_ Will Hack...
Hi Bill,
The rules said "don't publish solutions", there is nothing wrong with
getting help.
Please "undisqualify" yourself, and continue with the fun...
(btw, notice that even.pl only deals with lower case...)
--
Rick Klement
