my $x = "foobar"=~/[aeiou]/; # => $x is true
my $y = "foobar"=~/[xyz]/; # => $y is false
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my $str = "foobar";
my $x = $str=~/[aeiou]/g;
# matches first "o" => $x is true, pos($str) is 2
$x = $str=~/[aeiou]/g;
# matches second "o" => $x is true, pos($str) is 3
$x = $str=~/[aeiou]/g;
# matches "a" => $x is true, pos($str) is 5
$x = $str=~/[aeiou]/g;
# no more matches => $x is false, pos($str) is undef
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my ($x) = "foobar"=~/[aeiou]/; # => $x is 1
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my ($x,$y,$z) = "foobar"=~/[aeiou]/g;
# => $x is "o", $y is "o", $z is "a"
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my ($x,$y) = "foobar"=~/([aeiou])(.)/;
# => $x is "o", $y is "o"
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my ($w,$x,$y,$z) = "foobar"=~/([aeiou])(.)/g;
# => $w is "o", $x is "o", $y is "a", $z is "r"
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my $x = "foobar";
my $y = $x=~s/[aeiou]/x/g; # => $y is 3
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my $x = "foobar"=~s/[aeiou]/x/gr;
# => $x is "fxxbxr"
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my ($value) = $row =~ /.*,(.*)/;
# and
$row =~ s/,[^,]*$//;
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use Regexp::Common qw/number/;
my $row = "a,b,c,d,15";
if ( $row=~s/,($RE{num}{real})$// ) {
print "matched <$1>\n";
}
print "row is now <$row>\n";
__END__
matched <15>
row is now