Dear Toaster,

Could you rephrase the problem as i cannot find if there is a problem? Did you want to capture the digits matched by \d+?

You are capturing number of matches (or match return code) w/ ($digits) = $name =~ /$re/ not the digits in the pattern. To capture the digits by \d+, try...

my ($digits) = ($name =~ m/$re/);

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In addition, since you are not adding anything to m// in... 

  my ($digits) = $name =~ /$re/;

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...complie the $re before use (for speed gain)... 

  my $re = join( '\.' , @re );
  $re = qr/^ $re $/x;
  my $name = shift @ARGV;
  #my ($digits) = $name =~ /$re/;
  my ($digits) = ($name =~ /$re/);

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In reply to Re: Building regexp from a 'mask' string of placeholders. by parv
in thread Building regexp from a 'mask' string of placeholders. by submersible_toaster

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