Re: Code in regexp

No, it's not needed. Just like use strict and my aren't "needed". But if your code happens to have a $main::x, you'll be thankful you used local.

Abigail

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Re: Re: Code in regexp by demerphq (Chancellor) on Nov 29, 2002 at 11:33 UTC
Er, sarcasm aside, the reason I asked was because the documentation suggested to me that they were automatically localized. --- demerphq my friends call me, usually because I'm late....	[reply]
Re: Code in regexp by Abigail-II (Bishop) on Nov 29, 2002 at 12:18 UTC
`$x = $y = "apple"; "orange" =~ /(.*)(?{$x = $^N; local $y = $^N})/; print "$x\n$y\n"; __END__ orange apple` [download] If all variables would be automatically localized, it would be hard to pass any information from the regex back to the program. I can't find something in the documentation that suggests variables are automatically localized. Abigail	[reply] [d/l]