Explained here: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlop.html#Regexp-Quote-Like-Operators-operator%2c-regexp
On 8/22/07, Alexandru Maximciuc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > could someone please explain me these results: > > -------------------- > use strict; > use warnings; > > my $re = qr!a!; > > $_ = join '', <DATA>; > > print "1) ".scalar($_ =~ /$re/g)."\n"; > my @a = $_ =~ /$re/g; > print "1) ".scalar(@a)."\n"; > > __DATA__ > jaskdgbanio ehioa sdoija oihfcasoi dnfmalmods gnijashdugoiahisr > goijmocsvhaooajoi ajo > sdjahsoia > > ----------------------- > Output: > 1) 1 > 1) 12 > > thanks in advance > > > > -- > Best regards, > Alexandru mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/