Re^6: regex "o" modifier ("chaining")

It says chaining, not concatenating.

my $re = qr!yes|no!;
my $re2 = qr!${re}\sthankyou!;
print "polite yes or no\n" if "yes thankyou" =~ $re2;
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Re: Re^6: regex "o" modifier by edoc (Chaplain) on May 07, 2003 at 06:28 UTC
but that's the same as what they refer to as "interpolate into larger patterns". They offer chaining as an alternative.. seemingly to avoid re-compilation..	[reply]