Re: [FWP] Gender differentiation

[Fergal Daly <fergal@esatclear.ie>]

"Edward M. Perry" wrote:
> 
> > # 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 :)

/(?<!wo)men\b/i

will do all that,

Fergal

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