Re: REGEXP: only need last matching string

$1 will contain the last match if you execute the regexp in list context.

(my $dum) = $str =~/abc\s(\d+)/g ;

print "dum is $1\n" ;
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gives

dum is 14
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Re^2: REGEXP: only need last matching string by blazar (Canon) on Dec 23, 2005 at 12:24 UTC
Then `() = $str =~ /abc\s(\d+)/gs;` [download] will suffice, i.e. no need for the `$dum` variable.	[reply] [d/l] [select]