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I know \w will match any "word" character (alphanumerics plus "_").

But what would match any "word" character EXCLUDING "_" (the underscore).

 
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\w is a shortcut for the pattern class [_0-9a-zA-Z]. So just use the pattern class minus the "_".


$match =~ /[0-9a-zA-z]{3}/;

will match any three characters that are in the range given.





 
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