Re^4: Question on Regex grouping

Great! Just what I was looking for! Can I use the below mentioned approach to arrive at the same result?

if ($arr =~ /(\w*)(abc)(\d{5})/){
$a = $3
 if (($arr =~ / (\w*)(def)(\d{8})/){
 $b = $3
  }
}
print $a;
prnit $b;
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Re^5: Question on Regex grouping by Anonyrnous Monk (Hermit) on Dec 21, 2010 at 07:12 UTC
Yes. But don't use `$a` and `$b` :) — they're special global variables (for sort).	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^6: Question on Regex grouping by ajguitarmaniac (Sexton) on Dec 21, 2010 at 07:40 UTC
Alright!! Thank you!! Let me see how sort works now :-)	[reply]
Re^5: Question on Regex grouping by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Dec 22, 2010 at 05:38 UTC
Also remember that if either (or both) or the regexes fail to match, one or the other (or both) of `$a` and `$b` (or whatever you finally decide to call them) will be undefined.	[reply] [d/l] [select]