I've been trying to understand program 6.21 in the Perl Cookbook, which changes URLs to html links here's a snippet:
#!/usr/bin/perl $urls = '{http|telnet|gopher|file|wais|ftp'); $ltrs = '\w'; $gunk = '/#~:.?+=&%!\-'; $punc = '.:?@\-'; $any = "${ltrs}${gunk}${punc}"; I understand what $any is, but what exactly is ${ltrs} or ${gunk} ?? is this an anonymous hash thanks for any help, Pam -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]