Very beginner question

[ODoisnea]

I feel strange putting such a simple question on this list, but then
again, that is why I did not join the experts list.

Any how, if I have a file called "try.txt" with the following line:

(name = john)

if I am trying to just extract "john" for the value $b, why would the
following script not work.  I thought it would take bothIt returns the
full (name=john)

#!user/local/bin/perl -w

open TRY , "try.txt";

while (<TRY>) {
        (my $b=$_) =~ s/^(\() (\w+)/$2/;
        print $b;
}


Thank you for humiliating me with this simple question.

Olivier
"The one who still has a long way to go with Perl"