•Re: Re: stupid $1

Every time you use regular expression, you reset the variables $1..$9

No, it's only a successful match that resets them. Common misconception.

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Re: •Re: Re: stupid $1 by Cody Pendant (Prior) on Mar 05, 2003 at 00:55 UTC
Plus, I can't have a $10? Update Sorry, merlyn, to clarify, I meant that the previous poster seems to think you only get a maximum of nine dollar-n variables. -- “Every bit of code is either naturally related to the problem at hand, or else it's an accidental side effect of the fact that you happened to solve the problem using a digital computer.” M-J D	[reply]
•Re: Re: •Re: Re: stupid $1 by merlyn (Sage) on Mar 05, 2003 at 02:00 UTC
Sure you can. You can have $42511 if you have 42 thousand five hundred and eleven pairs of capturing parens in a single regex. -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker Be sure to read my standard disclaimer if this is a reply.	[reply]