Hey guys
Consider the following string: "a,b,c,d,5"
The format of the string is like this: "substr,substr,substr,...,value"
I use regex to check the string:

my ($value) = ($row =~  /.*,(.*)/); # gets value after the last comma
if (looks_like_number($value))
{
    ($row =~ s/,[^,]*$//); # gets substring before the last comma
    # DO STUFF ...
}
# DO STUFF ...

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It works fine but it doesn't look very good.
I cant understand why in my ($value) = ($row =~  /.*,(.*)/); I need the brackets on the scalar but in ($row =~ s/,[^,]*$//); I don't need.
In other words, why is there is a syntax difference between the following two lines: 

my ($value) = ($row =~  /.*,(.*)/);
my ($val) = ($row =~ s/,[^,]*$//);

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Testing: my $row = "a,b,c,d,15";
Output of first line: 15
Output of second line: 1 (why not a,b,c,d?)
How to do it in the same way?

In reply to difference in regex by ovedpo15

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