I use /pattern/g to progressively match a string (who
content is read from a file)
I want the cut the string off after the n-th match (if
there is no n-th match, the string is unaltered)
how can I do this without using a loop?
right now, I am doing this:
while ($string =~ /pattern/g){
$count++;
if ($count > $max_count){
$string = substr($string,0,pos($string));
last;
}
}
I know about $', $` (and what's the third one?), but I
just can't figure out how to apply them in this case.
thank you!
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