Re: Something is wrong with my conceptual model of regexes

[Simon Luff]

On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 14:40, Roger Burton West wrote:

[snipped a question that I think others have answered]

> (I know how to _solve_ this; I do
> 
> $foo =~ /([><])[^><]*?$/s;

of course $foo =~ /.*([><])/s would run much quicker, especially on long
strings - assuming your $foo string looks like I expect it to.

regards,
Simon.