I need a little clerification on a function of this widget if anyone knows. 
         @words = ("print", "sprintf");
         foreach my $word (@words) {
            my $word_len = length $word;
            my $next = "1.0";
            while (my $from = $t->search(-regexp, "\\b$word\\b", $next
+, "end")) {
               $next = "$from + $word_len chars";
               if ($_ =~ /\#/) {
                  my @comment = split(//, $_);
                  my $i = 0;
                  foreach my $comment (@comment) {
                     if ($comment eq "#") {
                        my $offset = $i;
                        if ($from < $offset) {
                           $t->tagAdd("red", $from, $next);
                        }
                     }else{
                        $i++;
                     }
                  }
               }else{
                  $t->tagAdd("red", $from, $next);
                  $t->tagAdd("bold", $from, $next);
               }
            }
         }

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The issue is with the "if" statement checking to see if $_ matches a # character. I thought I could reference $_ while the "search" function of the "Scrolled" widget was being traversed but it appears that $_ is empty during this process so of course it will never match a # character. Anyone know what this search function references as the current string so I can implement this?

In reply to $_ is null in Tk:Scrolled search? by Elijah

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