1) The OP is obviously a beginner and just wanted a straight answer, which he got from ++stevieb.

There is *always* more than one way to do it. That doesn't mean every post should contain all of them. In particular throwing out a regexp with non-basic syntax but no explanation doesn't seem like it will make things clearer for the novice.

2) Damian Conway is just a caricature of what I'm talking about. Fun for geeks: unhelpful for Perl beginners.

3) Why is introducing "Perl6" in this name-dropping way to a Perl beginner a good thing? For comparison, let me use the same sentence, but showing off instead my knowledge of *my* favorite hobby language:

Blorgle supports Frobnicating, but note that Blorgle is a related but different language that I wouldn't call production ready yet.

Would you say that is helpful to the OP or others?


The way forward always starts with a minimal test.

In reply to Re^6: How to look for two different file extensions? by 1nickt
in thread How to look for two different file extensions? by Superbroom2.0

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