Re^2: Perl is returning... odd results... from regular expressions. Things matching when they shouldn't, and stuff like that.

I thought I saw somewhere that m//,STRING worked... Guess not, my mistake ^^;

Thanks! That's part of the problem, at least. Very much appreciated!

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Re^3: Perl is returning... odd results... from regular expressions. Things matching when they shouldn't, and stuff like that. by Anonymous Monk on Jan 11, 2007 at 08:15 UTC
m// is the same as $_ =~ m//	[reply]
Re^4: Perl is returning... odd results... from regular expressions. Things matching when they shouldn't, and stuff like that. by Groxx (Novice) on Jan 11, 2007 at 08:36 UTC
That one I knew, though now I'm fighting between sleep and finding what command it was that made me think that what I did would work... Ah well. Sleep is winning. Thanks for the speedy replies though, this site has thus far FAR exceeded my expectations!	[reply]
Re^5: Perl is returning... odd results... from regular expressions. Things matching when they shouldn't, and stuff like that. by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jan 11, 2007 at 20:30 UTC
Maybe you were thinking of `split /.../, ...` or `grep /.../, ...`?	[reply] [d/l] [select]