in reply to Length of first captured match

Here is a minor variation of Tanktalus' solution. I prefer this because it leaves $length as "undef" on no match. 
 my $length = length $1 if $x =~ /(\d+)$/;

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Re^2: Length of first captured match
by Limbic~Region (Chancellor) on May 06, 2006 at 14:34 UTC
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