The short answer is: 'Yes.'

A same length answer is: 'Why?'

A clarification of both answers is: If you have a hard wired match to 'Cobray' then you already know exactly what was matched so what further are your trying to achieve? If you tell us what your larger goal is we probably can help much more.

I suspect you haven't understood davido's reply, especially the first two points. If that is the case please let us know because the key to what you want to do most likely lies in understanding those aspects of Perl and programming.

True laziness is hard work

In reply to Re^3: Can't get the desired output.. by GrandFather
in thread Can't get the desired output.. by astronogun

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