I'm probably going to feel really stupid when I see the answer, but I'm now
stuck nevertheless... I need to match a leading literal '*', and Perl isn't
getting the idea. Reading from standard input, typing "const" into the program
below yields "just const" as expected, but typing "*const" ALSO results in it
just saying "just const", rather than "*const".
This is a simplification of a much more complex r.e. where I need to detect an
asterisk immediately preceding "const", and it isn't working either.
How am I being brain-dead?
-leor
while (<>)
{
if (/const/)
{
print "just const\n\n";
}
elsif (/\*const/)
{
print "*const\n\n ";
}
else
{
print "None.\n";
}
} 1 1466
Leor Zolman wrote: I'm probably going to feel really stupid when I see the answer, but I'm now stuck nevertheless... I need to match a leading literal '*', and Perl isn't getting the idea. Reading from standard input, typing "const" into the program below yields "just const" as expected, but typing "*const" ALSO results in it just saying "just const", rather than "*const".
This is a simplification of a much more complex r.e. where I need to detect an asterisk immediately preceding "const", and it isn't working either.
How am I being brain-dead? -leor
while (<>) { if (/const/) { print "just const\n\n";
Nope, /const/ matches *const, constant, fooconstbar etc.
Always print the thingy when debugging... Not a silly message which
assumes your program works (which it doesn't).
} elsif (/\*const/) { print "*const\n\n "; } else { print "None.\n"; } }
To fix it: match the most specific one first. Also read how one can
create a "switch" in perl. It will quite likely make your code more
readable.
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