Re: formatting

[M.W. Koskamp]

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From: Liger-dc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 10:14 PM
Subject: formatting


> What does the following formatting do?
> 
> $line =~ /^; .ot (\d+)/)

It has nothing to do with formatting. Is is a reg exp match statement.
I suggest you read perlre from the perl documentation.