Re: RegExp Problem using Substitutions.

Deviloper wrote:
> Hi there!

Hello,

> I have a string "aaaabbbababbaaassass". I want to get a string without
> any double a 'aa' or and without the 'b's.
> 
> but if I do:
> 
> my $s = "aaaabbbababbaaassass";
> $s=~ s/aa|b//g;
> 
> as a result I will get a string "aaassass".
> 
> (I understand WHY I get this result. 
> But I don´t know how to avoid this. (Using only one substition.))

I think you want something like this:

$s =~ s/[ab]*(?=a)|b+//g;



John
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