Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 18:42:36 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: Duke Normandin <dnormandin1@juno.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: OT - Perl regex problem Message-ID: <20001002184236.E252@parish> In-Reply-To: <004601c02c66$1a684020$aa9ac5d1@odie>; from 01031149@3web.net on Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 05:44:10AM -0600 References: <004601c02c66$1a684020$aa9ac5d1@odie>
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On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 05:44:10AM -0600, Duke Normandin wrote: > Hi.. > > This is a Perl5 regex from some PD utility: > > $email =~ s/^.*?(From|Received|Sender|Return-Path|Date):/$1:/s; > > I want to do it in Perl4 -- don't ask why ;) -- but it pukes on > the ^.*? stuff. Something about "nested" whatever. Could somebody > explain this ^.*? to me or point me to an appropriate mailing list? > Tia... Try comp.lang.perl.misc on Usenet. > > -duke > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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