Re: how to add a space using a regex

Bernard El-Hagin <bernard.el-haginDODGE_THIS@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in comp.lang.perl.misc:
> "William James" <w_a_x_man@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> > Jerry Preston wrote:
> >> What I want to do is add a space between one's name when the are
> >> like the following:
> >>
> >> $name1 = "FirstLast:";
> >>
> >> I want change $name1 = "First Last";
> >>
> >> and
> >>
> >> $name1 = "FirstMiddleLast:";
> >>
> >> I want change $name1 = "First Middle Last";
> >>
> >> To be able to add spaces for either "FirstLast:" or
> >> "FirstMiddleLast:" with the same regex?
> >
> > In Ruby:
> >
> > name1.gsub!(/(.)([A-Z])/,'\1 \2')
>
>
> Why would you think a Ruby solution would be of interest here?

Trolls troll -- they don't think much.

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