Re: best method to perform operations on word lists

Bart Van der Donck schreef:

s/(\.|,|e|en|e,|en,|e\.|en\.)$// for @terms;


Weaker alternative:

(1) s/ (?:e|en)? [.,]? $//x for @terms ;


or even

(2) s/ (?:en?)? [.,]? $//x for @terms ;

It's weaker, because the regex matches the empty string as well.


Proper alternative:

(3) s/(?: en? [.,]? | [.,] )$//x for @terms ;


because it matches at least /e$/ or /[.,]$/.


(untested)

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Affijn, Ruud

"Gewoon is een tijger."


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