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From: jmiller@crl.dec.com
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Perl code to test for valid reg-exp?
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Date: 2 May 91 17:40:31 GMT
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Has anyone got a short (preferably) piece of Perl code to test a
string to see whether or not it is a valid regular expression for use
in Perl?  I've written a program that allows users to type a string
and then uses that to match against a data base; unfortunately the
program blows up if the user types in an invalid string!

--Jim