RE: [FWP] counting in REs

[Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com>]

At 11:36 AM -0400 9/8/99, Ronald J Kimball wrote:
>Are we talking actual _regular_ expressions here?  I think Task 3 would be
>quite simple using positive lookahead assertions.

Please elucidate.

At 12:04 PM -0400 9/8/99, WORENKLEIN, David, GCM wrote:
>Hint: #3 is just as easy as #1 and #2.

This is the approach I suggested, but note that it does not solve the
problem with _a_ regular expression (it uses two...).

My friend's solution, BTW, required crafting a small state machine
and then translating it into an RE...

-r
--
Rich Morin:          rdm@cfcl.com, +1 650-873-7841, http://www.ptf.com/~rdm
Prime Time Freeware: info@ptf.com, +1 408-433-9662, http://www.ptf.com
MacPerl: http://www.macperl.com,       http://www.ptf.com/ptf/products/MPPE
MkLinux: http://www.mklinux.apple.com, http://www.ptf.com/ptf/products/MKLP

==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl?  Well, if you insist...
==== Send email to <fwp-request@technofile.org> with message _body_
====   unsubscribe