Ah... i see. in scalar context, it returns false until left is true. then returns true until right is true. just what we want. very handy. thanks.
On Saturday, March 30, 2002, at 11:48 AM, Jenda Krynicky wrote: > From: bob ackerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> sorry. still in dark. >> what exactly does '/START_KEYWORD/.../END_KEYWORD/' mean? >> I see a regex -> /START_KEYWORD/ >> an ellipsis -> ... >> and a regex -> /END_KEYWORD/ >> you are saying the whole thing means something, but I don't understand >> what. you say 'the elipsis returns false' what does that mean? what is >> it able to match? and why? > > I see ... here is the problem. > > The ... and .. operators are explained in the perlop manpage > > Search for "Range Operators" > > Jenda > > =========== [EMAIL PROTECTED] == http://Jenda.Krynicky.cz ========== > There is a reason for living. There must be. I've seen it somewhere. > It's just that in the mess on my table ... and in my brain > I can't find it. > --- me > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
