Hi all, I am brand new to perl, and programming at that. I'm learning alot from Robert's Perl Tutorial and I was hoping someone culd possibly clear up the following from the tutorial:
$_='My email address is <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.'; print "Match 1 worked :$1:" if /(<*)/i; $_='<My email address is <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.'; print "Match 2 worked :$1:" if /(<*)/i; $_='My email address is <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<<<<>.'; print "Match 3 worked :$1:" if /(<*>)/i; Match 1 is true. It doesn't return anything, but it is true because there are 0 < at the very start of the string. Match 2 works. After the 0 < at the start of the string, there is 1 < so the regex can match that too. Match 3 works. After the failing on the first < , it jumps to the second. After that, there are plenty more to match right up until the required ending. I've been doing fine so far but I just can't seem to completly grasp this part. thanx, joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
