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*:\ )? #
somethigwith a %-sign ...etc... }x;
Check the perlre manpage for more info.
Have a nice day,
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