Re: [FWP] Is this fun? What's going on?

[Chip Turner <chip@zfx.com>]

"Bill Jones" <bill@fccj.org> writes:

> What can I change to also match an optional
> third or fourth  (  #.#.#  or #.#.#.# ) section number???
> 
> I am looking at various forms of -
> s{(\d+\.\d+){1}(\.\d+)?(\.\d+)?}  {<A HREF="$1">$1</A>}g;
> 
> But that actually truncates the results...

s{(\d+\.\d+)((?:\.\d+)*)}{<A HREF="$1$2">$1$2</A>}g;

This should do what you want.  Semi-fun use of (?:...) :)

Chip

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