Re: a match question

[John W. Krahn]

Shawn H Corey wrote:
> Also:
> $ perl -le '$_="aXXXb"; @captured = $_ =~ m{ (X*) }gmsx;print "captured:
> <", join( ">, <",@captured), ">"'
> captured: <>, <XXX>, <>, <>

@captured = $_ =~ m{ (X*) }gmsx;

Is usually written as:

@captured = /X*/g;




John
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