On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 04:12:56PM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote: > > > my $replace_re = > > > qr{^([^:\n\$]+\.c)\s*:\s*(?:%\s*: )?\$(\([^\)]+\))\/(.*)\/[^\/]+$};
> > Perhaps you would like to comment it using the x format, so that it > > doesn't just look like white noise. > > That would be a good idea, no? ;-) I have no idea what you mean with > "using the x format", though, but I agree in general that the > white-noise format is not a good idea... Using x format modifier means you can put comments and whitespace in your regex, like: my $replace_re = qr{^([^:\n\$]+\.c) # This matches the filename in $1 \s*:\s*(?:%\s*:\ )? # somethig with a %-sign ...etc... }x; Check the perlre manpage for more info. Have a nice day, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > Please line up in a tree and maintain the heap invariant while > boarding. Thank you for flying nlogn airlines.
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