Re: position number

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Re^2: position number by kennethk (Abbot) on Sep 18, 2013 at 20:21 UTC
Requisite link for the OP: @- from perlvar. #11929 First ask yourself `How would I do this without a computer?' Then have the computer do it the same way.	[reply]
Re^3: position number by Anonymous Monk on Sep 19, 2013 at 06:29 UTC
Yes, this is what I'm looking for. Thanks.	[reply]
Re^2: position number by Anonymous Monk on Sep 19, 2013 at 03:27 UTC
TIL: `my $re = join '\|', map "($_)", qw[ab ac ad ba bla etc]; for (qw[tab act mad bar blank fetch]) { printf "%-6s %-4s %d\n", $_, $+, $#- if /$re/; }` [download] Output: `tab ab 1 act ac 2 mad ad 3 bar ba 4 blank bla 5 fetch etc 6` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: position number by mrc (Sexton) on Sep 19, 2013 at 06:32 UTC
Thanks to all specially to Laurent_R and kennethk. The @- is what I'm looking for.	[reply]