Re^2: Regular expression queston

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Re^3: Regular expression queston by NetWallah (Canon) on Jun 20, 2012 at 04:10 UTC
The operator is "=~" . Since you are working with $_ anyway, you can actually delete the "$_ =" entirerly, since the regular expression match defaults to matching $_. I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it. -SNL	[reply]
Re^3: Regular expression queston by Anonymous Monk on Jun 20, 2012 at 02:25 UTC
What book are you using? See perlintro#Regular expressions the Simple matching paragraph See perltrap ( search for /foo/ ) For future reference see Common Perl Pitfalls	[reply]