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On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:58:38 +0000 kevin <kevin.lucas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I have the last question of my Family xmas quiz as how many words with > > > all the vowels in and in the order of a e i o u In which case, the output is wrong - you can't have words starting "un" if you want the vowels in that sequence. More work needed on the regular expression. ;-) > ABSTEMIOUS > ABSTEMIOUSLY > ABSTEMIOUSNESS extra vowel - depending on the interpretation of the rules, that would fail in most cases. > BACTERIOFLUORESCIN > BACTERIOPURPURIN > FACETIOUSNESS ditto (and a lot more in the list) > BEGGAR-MY-NEIGHBOUR > HALF-SERIOUS > HALF-SERIOUSLY Whether those qualify is also debatable. > OVERABSTEMIOUS > OVERABSTEMIOUSLY > OVERABSTEMIOUSNESS regular expression error - o and e precede a. > UNABSTEMIOUS > UNABSTEMIOUSLY > UNABSTEMIOUSNESS > UNABSTENTIOUS > UNFACETIOUS > UNFACETIOUSLY > UNFACETIOUSNESS ditto Regular expressions are such fun..... -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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