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use strict;
use warnings;

open (HANDLE, 'C:\username\Sources') || die;
$_ = join '', <HANDLE>;
my @m = m/\\/g;    ### All matched strings
print ('Found ' . ($#m + 1) . ' matches!');

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Re^2: search for '\' in perl
by kumeperl (Initiate) on Dec 13, 2011 at 13:04 UTC
    Hello monks, Thanks for your fast response. after taking your suggestions i did the following changes in code 
    #!/usr/bin/perl -w
 
use strict;
use warnings;

my $count;
my @list = 'C:\username\Sources';

chomp @list;
#print OUTPTR "$_\n" foreach @list;
foreach my $arrchar (@list)
{
   print "array char = $arrchar";
   if($arrchar =~ m/\\/)
               {
                    print "\nfound one \n";
                    $count += 1;
               }
   else
   {
      print"\n i am in else \n"
   }
}
print "value of count = $count";

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    the result is

    array char = C:\username\Sources

    found one

    value of count = 1

    i am expecting count = 2. again i am not sure why it is not working properly.

    regards,

    kumeperl

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      I read that page a while ago, threw me off because the $count = (my pattern matching) format didn't seem to work. But apparently, $count = () = pattern match does, cool! I learn something new every day:

      use strict;
use warnings;

open (HANDLE, 'C:\username\Sources') || die;
$_ = join '', <HANDLE>;
my $c = () = m/\\/g;
print "Found $c matches!";

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