I'm trying to parse a line once to get what I need, so I do that with a regexp and try dumping to an array. But when I do, I get: 
Array found where operator expected at check.pl line 82, at end of lin
+e
        (Missing operator before ?)

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The offending line 82 is the assignment of the regexp output below: 
        if (@data = ($line =~ STATUS_COMPLETED_RE )) {
            $stats{level} = $shift @data;
            $stats{group} = $shift @data;
            $stats{total} = $shift @data;
        }

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where the regexp is: 
use constant 
STATUS_COMPLETED_RE => qr{ ^string-here \s string-here: \s
                         \((\w+)\) \s               #alarm level
                         ([\w|\s]+) \s completed, \s #job completed
                         Total\s (\d+) \sclient\(s\), \s #total client
+s
                              (                           #Details -
                                  (\d+) \s                # number
                                  ([\w|\s\(\)]+) ,|\.             # su
+cceed,fail,etc.
                               )*                          # any numbe
+r of
                         }xms
                         ;

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The code works if I don't output to an array, but since I don't know big the resulting match list from the regexp will be, I'd prefer to dump it to an array and process that array. In other words, the Details section from the regexp could be large, and I'm trying to make it robust.

Update Thanks, yeah, I meant shift and not $shift. Knew it was something trivial. Works now. Anyone see what I'm missing?

-- Burvil

In reply to Assign regexp output to array not working by bowei_99

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