>>>>> "SHC" == Shawn H Corey <shawnhco...@gmail.com> writes:
SHC> Uri Guttman wrote: >> that modifies @ARGV so it is a bad idea. also it bypasses grep's purpose >> of filtering a list. and as i posted, map is the correct solution SHC> map is not the correct solution since it does not filter out those which SHC> do not match the pattern. Only grep can do that. map will return what is grabbed in $1. if the pattern doesn't match, nothing is grabbed so it will not return anything for that list element. perl -le 'print join "-", map /x(\d+)/, qw(x123 y123 x x234)' 123-234 just what the doctor ordered! :) uri -- Uri Guttman ------ u...@stemsystems.com -------- http://www.sysarch.com -- ----- Perl Code Review , Architecture, Development, Training, Support ------ --------- Gourmet Hot Cocoa Mix ---- http://bestfriendscocoa.com --------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
