>>>>> "TB" == Tim Bowden <tim.bow...@mapforge.com.au> writes:
TB> On Sun, 2009-08-30 at 21:53 -0700, John W. Krahn wrote: >> Tim Bowden wrote: >> > I'm trying to extend (again) the short regex checking script given in >> > Learning Perl (Absolutely fabulous book btw! Highly recommend it to >> > anyone trying to learn Perl). I'd like to cycle through the memory >> > variables printing those as well as $`, $& and $' as given in the >> > original script. Are these ($1, $2...) stored in some array also? >> >> Not directly, but you can use the @- and @+ arrays and substr() to >> access what are captured by parentheses in a regular expression. >> >> perldoc perlvar TB> Thanks John, that looks like just the thing. do you know you can also get all the $1 values if you put the regex into list context? you can assign them all to an array or a list of scalars, etc. and you shouldn't use $& and friends as they can slow down all your other s/// calls in your entire program. this has been covered many times so you can search for why. uri -- Uri Guttman ------ u...@stemsystems.com -------- http://www.sysarch.com -- ----- Perl Code Review , Architecture, Development, Training, Support ------ --------- Gourmet Hot Cocoa Mix ---- http://bestfriendscocoa.com --------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
