On 1/30/06, Keith Worthington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Wow, it is going to take me some time to wrap my head around this code. I
> really like the commenting idea. That certainly will help the next time
> around.
> I don't get the lines where you defined the pattern.
> i.e. my $border = qr{ cool_pattern_stuff }xi
> Hmm is qr something special? I guess I will start with the x modifier man
> page.
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Yes, it is the "quote regex" operator. It takes a string and returns
a compiled regex. You can read more at "perldoc perlop" and "perldoc
perlre".
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