Posted by rf on 11/09/07 03:10

"mbstevens" <NOXwebmasterx@xmbstevensx.com> wrote in message
news:13j7hjs9seciva3@corp.supernews.com...
> Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>
>>>>> Where's the 's'?
>>>> s/jumped/jumps/
>>>
>>> I carefully looked at the OP's text and could not see "s/jumped/jumps/"
>>> anywhere.
>>>
>>
>> Seriously? It's a regular expression substitution "replace 'jumped' with
>> 'jumps'"
>>
> Well, strictly speaking, s///; is a _Perl_ regular expression
> substitution.
> I think the popularity of other languages has left a gap in common
> knowledge of
> it.

I actually had VI (and its ilk) in mind :-)

--
Richard.

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