Scott Batchelor wrote: > > Ok, Sorry guys I am trying to get my head around this... > > $pair=~m/([^=]+)=(.*)/) > > The "m" means treat string as multiple lines
No, m/regex/ and /regex/ mean the same thing. The "m" is usually used if you use different delimiters for the regex, for example: m!regex!, m%regex%, m[regex], etc... The "m" option for multiple lines (as with all options) goes at the end. /^regex/m - match at the beginning of a line in the string. > Then we are grouping with a parenthesis and the "^=" is saying matching > anything up to the "=" The "^=" is inside a character class [^=]. The caret (^) at the start means to use the complement of the following characters. In other words all characters except "=". > The "+" is a quantifier saying that must match 1 or more times... Yes. > Then the the rest is saying match anything after the "=" (.*) means to match any character, except a newline, zero or more times. If you want "." to match a newline as well then you need the /s option (at the end.) > I guess my question is am I right? > > And I still am not sure where it is saying to assign the first match to > variable $1 and then the rest to variable $2 The regular expressions inside the parenthesis automatically assign to the numeric scalar variables. /((ab)cd)(ef(gh))/ $1 = 'abcd' $2 = 'ab' $3 = 'efgh' $4 = 'gh' HTH John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
