On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 17:41:31 -0800, Perl wrote: > Hi. > > I would like to search a scalar variable and have the output to another > scalar. For example: > > $test = "This is some test data"; > > I want another scalar, $regex to hold the output of a regular expression > lookup against $test. > > So something like this: > > $regex =~ /test/ running against $test. Is this possible somehow? > >
Simply assign the result of the match to a variable: my $re_result = $test =~ m/test/; See perlop for details and perlretut for more detailed examples. -- Offer Kaye -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
