algebaric operations on a RegEx?

[Madison Kelly]

Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 05, 2009 at 12:03:24AM -0400, Madison Kelly wrote:
>> Richard Dice wrote:
>>> s/<size>(\d+)<\/size>/"<size>" . ($1+4) . "<\/size>"/e;
>> Grah! So 'e' was the magic... I stand humbled before the  
>> match-stick-master. :D
> 
> And that's why I am really starting to hate perl. :)  The simpler it
> gets the less readable it is.
> 

"hate perl"? Oh, IT'S ON!

:D

Perl's a language you love or you hate. It doesn't seem to have much 
middle ground. I, personally, love it for it's flexibility. Though I 
have to admit, it can get pretty cryptic in the hands of someone for 
whom that is their intention. It enforces no "good behaviour", but 
instead leaves it to the coder to give a damn or not.

Madi
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