Re: Specific fixed width question...

[Judd Storrs]

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 5:59 AM, Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden> wrote:
> $s =~ m/^.{3}(.{4}).{5}(.{6})/;
> #              $1        $2

This particular task doesn't really need pattern matching so why
bother with a search? Cutting strings up is exactly what scanf does.
Why is "^.{3}(.{4}).{5}(.{6})" superior to "%*3c%4d%*5c%6d"? What's
the benefit?


--judd

Some people, when confronted with a problem, think ``I know, I'll use
regular expressions.'' Now they have two problems. --jwz