an interesting challenge.

[Darrin Chandler]

Darrin Chandler wrote:

> Kevin Brown wrote:
>
>>> egrep -i '^[^e]*(e[^e]*){3}[^e]*$'
>>>
>>> Not only is it slightly shorter and more readable, but it's a lot 
>>> easier change it to search for of 'e' exactly n times.
>>
>>
>>
>> If I'm reading the regexp correctly you are excluding words that 
>> start with e or contain more than one e in a row.
>
>
>
> Read it some more ;)
>

Okay, maybe it's *not* more readable for most. I think it'd fly on 
phoenix.pm without much trouble.

It does work and it's easier to change for different numbers of 'e'.

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