On Wednesday, June 26, 2002, at 08:48 AM, Shishir K. Singh wrote:
>> $out = $1 if ($in =~ /\((.*?)\)/); > Nope..won't work..I take it back!! > >looks ok to me. except it adds extra strokes to previous answer. >what do you think is wrong with it? It will work fine as far as the regex is concerned. I think what Todd may want is to check the $out for defined or undefined. This line won't give him the same kind of validation. Perhaps..he should be doing it this way $in =~ /\((.*?)\)/; $out = (defined($1) ? $1 : "default/undef/whatever??"; -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]