On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Dr.Ruud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip > > 2. Can arbitrary regular expressions, including /PATTERN/REPLACEMENT/ > > versions > > for substitutions, be used as subroutine arguments, and if so, how? > > Store the parts in variables. snip
Specifically, use the qr// operator to create precompiled regexes that can be stored in a scalar: my $regex = qr/^.*?([0-9,a-f]{8}):.*$/; $string =~ s/$regex/$1/; -- Chas. Owens wonkden.net The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/