Re^3: Regex question

Or, to mirror the constraints in the OP's regex:

m{^.* / ([\w-]+) / .*\.txt}x
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Also, the form:

my $dir;
$dir = $1 if ##regex_here##
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is a good idiom to become familiar with.

Updates:

2005-08.Aug-22 : fixed short-sighted error tlm points out below. I keep getting bit on that. ;-)

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Re^4: Regex question by tlm (Prior) on Aug 19, 2005 at 17:45 UTC
Also, the form: `my $dir = $1 if ##regex_here##` [download] is a good idiom to become familiar with. Not with `my`, though. The behavior of `my ... if ...;` is undefined. the lowliest monk	[reply] [d/l]