Re^3: Grab 3 lines before and 2 after each regex hit

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Re^4: Grab 3 lines before and 2 after each regex hit by HarryPutnam (Novice) on Apr 25, 2014 at 20:26 UTC
http://perldoc.perl.org/perlop.html#Quote-Like-Operators Egad... I understood about 1/10 of a percent of that. I see the authors have made a fairly extensive effort to make the explanations readable... but still seems aimed at an audience several good steps above me. Or possibly just a few layers less of `thickskulledness'. Finally resorted to skipping thru and reading every place qq appears. However, I came away mostly with my poor pea brain swimming. I never really recognized your usage in those pages. One small thing that did stay with me: qq means what follows is interpolated... beyond that and even that itself, sails right over my head.	[reply]
Re^5: Grab 3 lines before and 2 after each regex hit by choroba (Cardinal) on Apr 25, 2014 at 20:42 UTC
Do you understand how `'...'` and `"..."` work in Perl? `q()` and `qq()` work pretty the same way, respectively. "Interpolation" just means some characters have special meaning (`\`, `$`, `@` to name a few). لսႽ† ᥲᥒ⚪⟊Ⴙᘓᖇ Ꮅᘓᖇ⎱ Ⴙᥲ𝇋ƙᘓᖇ	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^6: Grab 3 lines before and 2 after each regex hit by HarryPutnam (Novice) on Apr 25, 2014 at 21:23 UTC
Do you understand how '...' and "..." work in Perl? q() and qq() work pretty the same way, respectively. "Interpolation" just means some characters have special meaning (\, $, @ to name a few). In most cases I understand the different quote styles... but I do still get confused at times regarding which is needed. Of course, that part about '...' not letting variable expand... I do get. I understand that qq~ ... ~ works for my purpose. As to understanding exactly what happens there... no. I mean beyond restricting the output to only between those tilde symbols. Any deeper ... er .. no. You forcing me to see it a little better... has cleared it up at last	[reply]