in reply to Quick Question about checking what the regex does

Rather than do:
$fcount=()=$data=~m/YOUR REGEX HERE/xig

[download]
which will count the number of matches, do:
@matches=$data=~m/YOUR REGEX HERE/xig;
$fcount = @matches;

[download]
and you will find all the matches in the array @matches.

CountZero

A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James

My blog: Imperial Deltronics

In Section Seekers of Perl Wisdom