Re^4: How to match last character of string, even if it happens to be a newline?

In Perl, "\n" is always one character, regardless of the platform. It is written as two bytes if you use the default encoding on some platforms, Windows being the most popular. Newline has a nice overview.

If you read a file containing 0D0A using the default encoding on Unix platforms, or with binmode on any platform, you get two characters "\r\n" which you can (or have to) process.

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Re^5: How to match last character of string, even if it happens to be a newline? by LanX (Saint) on May 13, 2019 at 16:49 UTC
I think you are right, `\n` seems to be encoded as `0x0A` on all plattforms. Though didn't test writing and rereading, but I suppose the effect to be the same as long as I don't specify an open with the binmode option. Thanks! :) Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery FootballPerl is like chess, only without the dice}	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^6: How to match last character of string, even if it happens to be a newline? by haukex (Archbishop) on May 13, 2019 at 18:18 UTC
I think you are right, `\n` seems to be encoded as `0x0A` on all plattforms. I can't test right now, but perlport says differently: Perl uses `\n` to represent the "logical" newline, where what is logical may depend on the platform in use. In MacPerl, `\n` always means `\015`. On EBCDIC platforms, `\n` could be `\025` or `\045`. In DOSish perls, `\n` usually means `\012`, but when accessing a file in "text" mode, perl uses the `:crlf` layer that translates it to (or from) `\015\012`, depending on whether you're reading or writing. Unix does the same thing on ttys in canonical mode. `\015\012` is commonly referred to as CRLF.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^7: How to match last character of string, even if it happens to be a newline? by LanX (Saint) on May 13, 2019 at 20:34 UTC
I meant in memory, not how it's translated to the FS. That's the main confusion of this sub-thread =) Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery FootballPerl is like chess, only without the dice}	[reply]
Re^8: How to match last character of string, even if it happens to be a newline? by afoken (Chancellor) on May 14, 2019 at 18:01 UTC
Re^9: How to match last character of string, even if it happens to be a newline? by LanX (Saint) on May 14, 2019 at 18:07 UTC