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$match = 1 looks a bit dodgey - might mean $match = $1 to capture the
comment line.<br><br>
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At 2003/06/23 02:26 PM, Pritesh Jewan wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="arial" size=2>Hello
people,<br>
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<font face="arial" size=2>I have a few regular expressions from a script
that I am trying to update and needed some assistance with what the
expression mean:<br>
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<font face="arial" size=2> <br>
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<font face="arial" size=2>===============================<br>
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<font face="arial" size=2>while(<GWTABLE>){<br>
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<font face="arial" size=2>next if (/^#/);<br>
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<font face="arial" size=2>next if (/^$/);<br>
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<font face="arial" size=2>$match = 1;<br>
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<font face="arial" size=2>I'm trying to understand the second and third
line.<br>
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<font face="arial" size=2>===============================<br>
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<font face="arial" size=2>The script has this line in a few places. Can't
seem to find any doco that would explain what it means:<br>
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<font face="arial" size=2>s(\n)();<br>
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<font face="arial" size=2>===============================<br>
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<font face="arial" size=2> <br>
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<font face="arial" size=2>s/\n$//;<br>
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<font face="arial" size=2> <br>
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<font face="arial" size=2>===============================<br>
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<font face="arial" size=2>(!/^$/)||next;<br>
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<font face="arial" size=2>(!/^#/)||next;<br>
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<font face="arial" size=2>Any assistance is greatly appreciated<br>
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<font face="arial" size=2>Regards<br>
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<font face="arial" size=2>Pritesh<br>
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<font face="arial" size=2><b><i> <br>
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<font face="arial" size=2><b><i>Pritesh Jewan <br>
Aptronics (Pty) Ltd</b><br>
<b>Tel : +27 11 791 0180</b><br>
<b>Fax : +27 11 791 0183</b><br>
<b>Cell : 084-677-2486</b><br>
<b><a href="mailto:pritesh@aptronics.co.za">pritesh@aptronics.co.za</a><br>
</i></b></font><br>
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