[REBOL] Re: Perl is to stupid to understand this 1 liner.
From: carl:cybercraft at: 16-Dec-2001 0:44
On 15-Dec-01, Tom Conlin wrote:
> Hmmm
> While playing with a one liner for this thread I came across a
> disturbing difference between core on Solaris and Win.
> here I have split the offending line with a print to see what was
> happening;
>
> --><--
>
> d: charset{#{0}-#{9}}a: complement d parse m: read %foo r:[any a p:
> (print copy/part :p 8)
> opt[3 d{-}4 d(change/part :p {###-####} 8)any r]skip any r]
> --><--
On Amiga I get the same results as Solaris. I at first thought it
might've been an end-of-line problem, but it somehow doesn't look
like that, though have you tried read/string or any other of the
likely 'read refinements? And are you sure the scripts are exactly
the same, along with the text-files?
> using the same text (from below)
> on win it works fine, on solaris it fails badly
> on windows ...
> 555-1212
> 800-555-
> 00-555-1
> 0-555-11
> 555-1111
> 17.3 as
> 7.3 as
> w
> 3 as
> we
> 123-4576
> 987-6543
> 111-1111
> on solaris ...
> -1212 ab
> 00-555-1
> 0-555-11
> -555-111
> -1111) o
> -4576, h
> 987-6543
> -6543, o
> -1111.
> S
>
>> SUPPOSE that I have a memo containing phone numbers. I need to give
>> someone a copy of the memo, but need to blot out the phone numbers,
>> in the best CIA tradition. ;-) Here's the memo:
>> 8<----------
>> Ms. Antoinette,
>> I spoke with George Washington at 555-1212 about our pending
>> contract. He referred me to Ben Franklin (800-555-1111) of
>> their technical support department. Ben said that they were
>> testing their latest release on WhizBangOS version 17.3 as
>> we had requested, and that he would have our answer tomorrow.
>> Ben also said that their lead developer, Betsy Ross, would
>> like to talk to you about the use of complex numbers in the
>> SystemSleepFor function. You may call her office at
>> 123-4576, her cell phone at 987-6543, or page her at 111-1111.
>> She is very eager to describe this new feature.
>> Sincerely,
>> Thomas Paine
>> 8<----------
>> I can protect everybody's phone numbers from lurking telemarketers
>> with the following one-liner in Perl:
>> 8<----------
>> # perl -p -e 's/\b(\d{3}-)?\d{3}-\d{4}/####/g' memo.txt
>> Ms. Antoinette,
>> I spoke with George Washington at #### about our pending
>> contract. He referred me to Ben Franklin (####) of
>> their technical support department. Ben said that they were
>> testing their latest release on WhizBangOS version 17.3 as
>> we had requested, and that he would have our answer tomorrow.
>> Ben also said that their lead developer, Betsy Ross, would
>> like to talk to you about the use of complex numbers in the
>> SystemSleepFor function. You may call her office at
>> ####, her cell phone at ####, or page her at ####.
>> She is very eager to describe this new feature.
>> Sincerely,
>> Thomas Paine
>> 8<----------
>> Anyone is welcome to propose a minimalist solution in REBOL!
>> -jn-
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