RE: Extract number from character field(Perl syntax) (wayy offtopic)

Regular Expressions is one of those concepts that you don't need to know ...

... until you learn them ... and then ...

... you think "OH man this is GREAT! I wish RPG had this!"

-- Don

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From: boldt@ca.ibm.com [mailto:boldt@ca.ibm.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 12:58 PM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Extract number from character field(Perl syntax) (wayy
offtopic)


<SNIP>

The hardest part of Perl for those not familiar with
the Unix world is probably regular expressions.  For
me, well, before I looked at Perl, I didn't have a
very good understanding of regular expressions.  But
after reading the books and writing a few programs, I
think I've got a good handle on the subject.  Some
things are simply harder to learn than others.

<SNIP>
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