"R. Joseph Newton" wrote:
>
> from your original post raised a red flag for me:
> > $var =~ /.*? \(.*\) (.*?) \(.*?\)/;
> I saw it, and wondered "Well, what is he doing with it?". The matching function
> is intended to return a true value on success, and that value is assigned to your
> blandly-named $var, yet it is never used.
No, that value is NOT assigned to $var. The expression is in a void
context so the result of the expression is not assigned to anything.
You need to use the assignment operator '=' if you want to assign the
result of the expression to some variable.
> Try instead:
> if ($var =~ /.*? \(.*\) (.*?) \(.*?\)/;) ) {
^
That semicolon is a syntax error. It won't compile.
John
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