Well, yes, but he did say he was trying to shorten his script :)

I am often a chooser of elegance (subjective, of course) over efficiency.

So, to combine some efficiency with some elegance: 

while($line = <F>) {
    for my $hit ($line =~ /matchPattern/gi) {
        $ct++;
        push @files, $name;
        print "PAGE ->\t$name\ndata ->";

        if( $line =~ /(patternOne)/i or $line =~ /(patternTwo)/i ) {
            print "\t\t$1\nMATCHED - >\t$hit\n";
        } 
        else {
            print " TEXT INFO HERE.\n";
        }        
    }   
}

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The $1 will be properly remembered -- although if a line matches both patterns is the or a short circuit operator? You might have to switch the order to keep the behavior identical.

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Re: Shorten script by snax
in thread Shorten script by Anonymous Monk

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