Does it make sense that this code:
### test
print "1 @line";
$1="";
print "2 @line";
exit;
### end test

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which I stuck in the middle of my script, should produce only this:

1 <a href = "http://polisource.com">12345(2345678901234)nopqrst</a>

The script assigned <a href = "http://polisource.com">12345(2345678901234)nopqrst</a> to $line[0], and the rest of the array is empty. Should assigning a null string to a backreference variable clear an array?

This is just something I discovered in my debugging process. I don't really have to use $1="", but I do have the problem of an array disappearing after a block that uses a back reference, and it might be related.

In reply to Backreference assignment clears array by Wassercrats

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