Re: Extracting the number of repetitions

Add this to the end and you'll know why

warn "suprise $a_counter";
warn "suprise $b_counter";
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Re^2: Extracting the number of repetitions by pat_mc (Pilgrim) on Dec 18, 2008 at 16:37 UTC
Sorry, Anonymous_Monk - I don't get it. Can you please switch your output to `verbose` mode for the Perl-underprivileged? It looks as if the counts in the evaluation of the regex work fine but somehow the result does not get transferred to the external variables ... not sure what this tells me, though. Could you please expand? Thanks - Pat	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Extracting the number of repetitions by Anonymous Monk on Dec 18, 2008 at 16:40 UTC
Sorry, I was wrong :( Try `use re 'debug';` for ideas	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Extracting the number of repetitions by pat_mc (Pilgrim) on Dec 18, 2008 at 20:53 UTC
Thanks, Anonymous Monk ... The regex debug output does indeed provide lots of feedback ... a look right into the inner workings of the regex engine. I have to admit, however, I am not sure how this information contributes to solving my initial problem - apart, maybe, from the fact that it only contains one `Compiling RExstatement` statement - contrary to my initial belief that the regex would get compiled anew on each loop-iteration. Let me know if I am overlooking anything here: Read more... (24 kB)	[reply] [d/l] [select]