On Wed, 2002-01-16 at 07:15, Gary Hawkins wrote:
> > However the script continues
> > print @list3;
> > my $var1='META';
> > @lista= grep{$var1} @list3;## not picked up at all
> > print @lista
> > 
> > anyone any clues
> 
> Suppose I'm a little confused but perhaps you meant:
> 
> print @list3;
> @lista= grep(/META/, @list3);
> print @lista;
> 
> /g

thanks a lot

couple of points

this is basically a learning/getting rid of rustiness exercise
why is this syntax not mentioned in programming perl - any ideas?

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