[tpm] New Regex question - partially solved

[Rob Janes]

Slurp the file and run the second regex.

undef $/;
$exp = <in>;
$exp =~ s/(\s)\1+/\1/g;

Not sure $/.
On Oct 27, 2012 6:48 PM, "Chris Jones" <cj at enersave.ca> wrote:

>
>
> Progress:
>
> An example of the text I am trying to regex:
> Expression:
> if(Local(TYPE) == 1) then
>    1.25
>
> else
>    UNCHANGED
> endif
>
> I would like:
> Expression after:
> if(Local(TYPE) == 1) then
>  1.25
> else
>  UNCHANGED
> endif
>
> $Expression =~ s/(\s)\1*/\1/g; #gives me:
> if(Local(TYPE) == 1) then
>  1.25
>
> else
>  UNCHANGED
> endif
>
> But I can't figure out how to match the double carriage return?
>
> At 07:55 PM 23/10/2012, Stuart Watt wrote:
>
>> On 2012-10-23, at 2:32 PM, Chris Jones <cj at enersave.ca> wrote:
>>
>> > My tests are working correctly, I don't try to delete directories.
>> >
>> > My follow on question is how do you tell File:Find to skip the
>> directory the script is called from.  I only want to delete files in the
>> sub-directories.
>> >
>> > I can test each file to see if it's directory is '.' but would seem
>> somewhat inefficient?
>>
>> String matching efficiency is probably a thousand times higher than file
>> system accesses, so if I was you I really wouldn't worry about it. I tend
>> to use no_chdir => 1 and $File::Find::name, but to skip everything in the
>> base directory, probably checking to see if $File::Find::dir is the same as
>> the base should be quick and effective.
>>
>> All the best
>> Stuart
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