"John W. Krahn" schrieb: > > Andrea Holstein wrote: > > > > A matching always return a list of the captured items. > > On the left side of the assignment is a scalar, > > so list in a scalar context returns its size. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > While this is true that is _not_ what is happening in this case. > Oh, yes, you're completely right. Sometimes I forget the details.
However, the little script: $_ = q/Version 4.3, alpha/; ($IOS_Version) = /Version (.*?)\, /i; print $IOS_Version; prints 4.3 like expected. Greetings, Andrea -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
