Re: correctly rebuilding a whitespace-split string

Bart Lateur wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 15 Oct 2002 17:14:39 +0100, Jasper McCrea wrote:
> 
> >Why not just:
> >
> >s/(\s+\S+){4}\s*$//;
> >
> >$1 for the chopped stuff.
> 
> $1 contains the last "word" and preceding whitespace. For every match,
> the captured value overwrites the previous one. You need parens around
> it all to capture the lot.
> 
>         s/((\s+\S+){4})\s*$//;
> 

I meant to write $&. (that's what I'm saying, anyway, and you can't prove
otherwise)

Jasp
damn that reply to! Sorry Bart
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