Re^4: How do i extract 3 variables from each line in a file, and print them to a new file

good question.. hope I'm not overstepping my bounds by responding..(and I hope I'm right!)

map { $_ =~ s/\D//g; $_ } split(':',(split(' ',$_))[-1]);
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is equivalent to

my @split_results = split(':',(split(' ',$_))[-1]);
map { $_ =~ s/\D//g; $_ } @split_results;
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because map BLOCK LIST has to run the BLOCK for each LIST element (setting each LIST value to $_), it must know what is in that LIST. Hence, the execution of the split(s) before the execution of the BLOCK (and therefore the map).

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Re^5: How do i extract 3 variables from each line in a file, and print them to a new file by bofh_of_oz (Hermit) on Jul 08, 2005 at 18:18 UTC
Oh, I see. I guess it's the space between map{} and split that threw me off as i'm not used to using map yet :) Thanks for nice explanation as well. (I'll ++ you later as I've used up my votes for today already ;) -------------------------------- An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it...	[reply]