Hi Matthias,
On Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:50:56 +0200
Matthias Leopold <matth...@aic.at> wrote:
> hi,
>
> i'm using the example from man perlop for here docs with indentation
> i'm using vim syntax with "set list" and "set number lines"
>
> 1 ^I(my $quote = <<'^IFINIS') =~ s/^\s+//gm;$
> 2 ^IThe Road goes ever on and on,$
> 3 $
> 4 ^I$
> 5 ^Idown from the door where it began.$
> 6 ^IFINIS$
>
> why does s/^\s+//gm kill the "empty" lines 3 and 4, whereas
> s/^\t+//gm does not?
>
That's because \s also matches \n (and \r).
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
> thx
> matthias
>
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