Re: [FWP] Gender differentiation

["Edward M. Perry" <eperry@learjet.com>]

> # Thru process of elimination, we can see -
> 
> while (<DATA>) {
>   #print $_ if /men/io; # This only matches 'embedded' men/women...
>   #print $_ if /(^wo)men/io; # This only matches women...
>   #print $_ if /[^wo]men/io; # This matches nothing...
>   #print $_ if /men\b/io; # Same as first test...
>   print $_ if /\bmen\b/io; # This only matches embedded men...
> }
> 
> __DATA__
> Some women walking.
> Some men walking.
> Woman is singular.
> Man is singular.
> The manadin orange was rotten.
> There are men-working here.
> Dancing women prove sexist, news at 11.
> 
> HTH,
> -Sneex-  :]
> FCCJ Data Security Group
> ______________________________________________________________________
> Bill Jones  Data Security Specialist  http://www.fccj.org/cgi/mail?dss

I thought we also wanted to match 'snowmen' while leaving 'snowwomen' 
alone. If there is a single regex to do that, that would be _too_ much
fun :)

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