Re^5: Bugfixing Old Code

Also note that $_=~ can be shortened to . Moreover, you don't need a capture if you capture the whole pattern.

my @temp_and_starts = /\S+/g;
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Re^6: Bugfixing Old Code by NetWallah (Canon) on Jul 23, 2021 at 18:21 UTC
You are correct - the capturing parens are not necessary, In that case, the originally posted code is correct: `# Split on multiple spaces using regex captured matches my @temp_and_starts = $_ =~ /[^\s +]+/g; my @last_AT_fracs = <$in> =~ /[^\s +]+/g; my @twenty_SFs = (<$in> . <$in> . <$in> . <$in>) =~ /[^\s +]+/g;` [download] and my test below shows that it works: `$ perl -E '$_="This and that and other";@x= $_=~ /[^\s]+/g;; say for +@x' This and that and other` [download] "The difficult we do today; the impossible takes a little longer."	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^6: Bugfixing Old Code
by NetWallah (Canon) on Jul 23, 2021 at 18:21 UTC

        # Split on multiple spaces using regex captured matches
        my @temp_and_starts = $_                              =~ /[^\s
+]+/g;
        my @last_AT_fracs   = <$in>                           =~ /[^\s
+]+/g;
        my @twenty_SFs      = (<$in> . <$in> . <$in> . <$in>) =~ /[^\s
+]+/g;
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$ perl -E '$_="This and that and other";@x=  $_=~ /[^\s]+/g;; say for 
+@x'
This
and
that
and
other
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