Hi, On Fri, 04 Jan 2002 Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan spewed into the ether: > On Jan 4, Prahlad Vaidyanathan said: > > >I tried this : > > > >my $text = " this is a test" ; > > > ># Test 1 > >my $leading_spaces = ($text =~ m/^(\s+)/) ; # This doesn't work > >print $leading_spaces ; # Prints 1 > > You have executed the regex in scalar context. Why? Because the
Does this mean the return value of the match is put into $leading_spaces ? > left-hand side of the = is a single value. You can make this into a > one-element list by using parentheses: > > my ($leading_spaces) = $text =~ /^(\s+)/; Thanks. That worked. But, I still don't understand what "list" in this context means. And, what does "one-element list" mean ? pv. -- Prahlad Vaidyanathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Your object is to save the world, while still leading a pleasant life. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
