I am having a problem seeing my problem (what else is new)? No, here, in this code: 
> perl -we' use strict; use warnings; use P;
my $tgt_RE1 = qr{ ([SK]) ([0-9]{1-3}) ([-_\.\w]+) }x;
my $tgt_RE2 = qr{ ([SK]) ([0-9]{2}) ([-_\.\w]+) }x;
my $pat="S01boot.usr-mount";
my @tstAr1 = $pat =~ /$tgt_RE1/;
my @tstAr2 = $pat =~ /$tgt_RE2/;
P "tstar1=%s", \@tstAr1;
P "tstar2=%s", \@tstAr2;'
tstar1=[]
tstar2=['S', 01, "boot.usr-mount"]

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Why isn't the match count in the 2nd paren working when I have a range of {1-3} (as in tgt_RE1), but does when I have a range of 2 (as in tgt_RE2)?

Sure looks like it *should* work, but how can it not match? FWIW, I had "\d" in place of 0-9 on an earlier revision of this test case.

*Scratching head*... thanks...

In reply to "Str8-forward" RE prob? {w/range} by perl-diddler

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