SPUG: Removing newlines from a multi-line string

[Jonathan Gardner]

Let me correct myself... I feel like I am about two feet tall right now...

>
> You need the 's' option to make it a single line. Otherwise, you can MATCH the
> "\n" with $, but you can't replace it.
>
If you use /\n/ you will match the newline no matter what. But if you use /./,
you will never match the newline. That is why they have the /s option. For some
reason I got it stuck in my head that when you want to treat \n as data rather
than a logical seperator you should use /s. 

>
> The 'o' option is good because it will compile the regex exactly once, rather
> than recompiling it each time it encounters it.
> 
Only when the regex has a variable inside. Otherwise, it is meaningless, and
has no effect. Perl will compile regexes that have no variables inside
once and only once, even if there is no /o. Sorry, my bad. Another habit of
mine.

So the difference between s/[\r\n]//sog and s/[\r\n]//g is that one is easier to
type by two characters, and is thus the better answer because laziness is a
virtue in Perl.

Do I get extra points for being lazy and not looking anything up before I post?
Please?

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Jonathan Gardner
gardner at sounddomain.com
(425)820-2244 x123

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