in reply to variable declaration shortcut question

my $maid_number =~ /(^\d*)/; is nonsense, so combine what to accomplish what(sample input, expected output).

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Re^2: variable declaration shortcut question
by lomSpace (Scribe) on Feb 03, 2009 at 15:27 UTC

    I am splitting the name of a file to capture the digits at the
    beginning of its name.

    "11232L_rex_hav_1.abi"
    I need to parse the numbers at the beginning of the filename to pass into my hash.
    my %maids_hash{}; opendir (my $dhs, $seqdir); opendir (my $dhk, $komp_dir); while(defined($seqfile = readdir($dhs))) { foreach my $maids_dir(@komp){ my @maid_id = split(/_/, $komp_dir); my $maid = $fields[0]; #$maid =~ /(^\d*)/; my $count = ${maid} ; if ($count == null){ ${maid}=1; }else{ ${maid}=$count+1; } $maids_hash{$maids_dir} = $maid; } foreach my $maid ( keys %maids_hash ){ if ($maids_hash{$maid}==4){ #call routine to do your copy logic } }
    I vaguely remember doing something in the past like:
    my $maid = $fields[0]=~ /(^\d*)/;
    Has my memory failed me?