in reply to Re^3: Misreading m// documentation (perlop =~ )
in thread Misreading m// documentation
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There's m//, and =~. m// can be used without =~ to match against $_, or with =~ to match against something else.
Without the presence of =~, m// can omit the m if the delimiter is //, else it is required.
=~ expects to see a match, substitution, or translation on the RHS, and assumes a match without m//, s//, y//, or tr//.
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And since m//, and =~ are 2 separate entities (that slightly overlap), the documentation doesn't tie these together explicitly (IMHO).
-QM
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