wrote:
> I write fairly complex regexps on a daily basis (complex to me anyway)
> but I didn't get much sleep last night and I think that's why this one
> is doing my nut. I can't for the life of me work out why:
>
> my $test = "Lalalala <head>this is the \nhead zone\n\n<other
> tag></other tag>\n\n<!--lalalala-->\n</head> totototot";
> $test =~ s/<head>.*<\/head>//;
>
> Doesn't strip out everything between and including the
> <head>....</head> HTML tags.
>
> I know it's not the most robust regexp. It's a simplified form of what
> I actually want, but it best illustrates my point.
>
> I'm missing something obvious I know... but what?
You are missing that your string contains multiple lines and . doesn't match
a newline unless you specify the s modifier.
jue
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