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Re: How do I get the * glob, what is $*, and what is *{''}?

by japhy (Canon)
on Jun 12, 2001 at 04:11 UTC ( [id://87687]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to How do I get the * glob, what is $*, and what is *{''}?

$a = **;

$* is a deprecated variable used for regexes.

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Re: Answer: What does ($*) do, and how is it different than (${*{''}})?
by entropy (Sexton) on Jun 13, 2001 at 00:26 UTC
    Wow, that clears it up.
    I had done '$a=*' in the debugger, which causes 'print $a' to show it as a glob (*main::;). I suppose the trick is that the debugger took it upon itself to add a couple of semi-colons in there, making it '$a=*;;' or in other words '$a=*{";"};'.

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