I'm not sure where you're going with this either, $#- probably does what you're looking for.

You could also write a subroutine to check which $<DIGIT> values are defined, and return the last one found:
sub last_match {

    # Accepts no args
    # Returns the digit of the last parenthesis match or undef if ther
+e isn't one

    my $match_num = 1;

    if(defined($$match_num)) {    
        while(defined($$match_num)) { $match_num++; }
        $match_num--;
    } 
    else { undef $match_num; }

    return $match_num;
}

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In reply to Re: Finding the right $<*digit*> capture variable by tekkie
in thread Finding the right $<*digit*> capture variable by diotalevi

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