unfortunately, expect doesn't work this way. according to the docs on sourceforge:

If called in a scalar context, expect() will return the position of the matched pattern within $match_patterns, or undef if no pattern was matched. This is a position starting from 1, so if you want to know which of an array of @matched_patterns matched you should subtract one from the return value.

If called in an array context expect() will return ($matched_pattern_position, $error, $successfully_matching_string, $before_match, and $after_match).

 Also, please note that \r might not work with some programs when raw mode is activated. Normally expect does cr->lf translation, but this is disabled in raw mode. From a brief read of the docs, i think they are suggesting that \n is actually the better choice.

In reply to Re: Re: storing return value from Expect by belkajm
in thread storing return value from Expect by perlknight

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