Re: How do I get the * glob, what is $*, and what is *{''}?

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$* is a deprecated variable used for regexes.

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Re: Answer: What does ($) do, and how is it different than (${{''}})? by entropy (Sexton) on Jun 13, 2001 at 00:26 UTC
Wow, that clears it up. I had done '$a=' in the debugger, which causes 'print $a' to show it as a glob (main::;). I suppose the trick is that the debugger took it upon itself to add a couple of semi-colons in there, making it '$a=;;' or in other words '$a={";"};'.	[reply]