David wrote at Tue, 10 Sep 2002 03:22:52 +0200: >>> $line =~ /^\s+//; >> >>> $line =~ s/^\s+//; ^ > > even after looking at your reply for 20 seconds, i still didn't see the > differences... :-) how stupid i am? thanks for spot that.
The difference is that the first one doesn't have anything before the slash, while the second one has an s before. That's why the first one is only a matching, while the second one is a substitution, really removing something. Greetings, Janek -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]