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$os = $1 if ( $description =~ /(windows|linux|solaris)/i );

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Re^2: is this horrible?
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Feb 18, 2015 at 21:34 UTC
    Better yet if $os has no previous value: 
    my ($os) = $description =~ /(windows|linux|solaris)/i;

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Re^2: is this horrible?
by fionbarr (Friar) on Feb 16, 2015 at 16:25 UTC
    of course! thanks
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