>>>>> "Scott" == Scott Batchelor <Batchelor> writes:
Scott> $pair=~m/([^=]+)=(.*)/)
Scott> This basically says start at the beginning of the string and
Scott> match any "=" all the way to the end of the string...right?
No, I'm afraid not.
You can get an English explanation of a regexp with Japhy's excellent
YAPE::Regex::Explain module. Here's the output for your code:
NODE EXPLANATION
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/ '/'
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( group and capture to \1:
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[^=]+ any character except: '=' (1 or more
times (matching the most amount
possible))
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) end of \1
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= '='
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( group and capture to \2:
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.* any character except \n (0 or more times
(matching the most amount possible))
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) end of \2
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/ '/'
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) end of grouping
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void:chris~
Hope this helps,
- Chris.
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