--- Thomas Bätzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> chen li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asekd: > > I see some codes as following > > > > my $regexp= "(([gatc]{3})\\2{3,})"; > > > > my $string=~/$regexp/; > > > > What is the meaning of {3,} of in \2{3,} ? > > The previous element is repeated thrice or more > often. > The general syntax is {n,m} where the previous > element is repeated n to m times. > > HTH, > Thomas Thanks, Li __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>