K Pfeiffer wrote: > > This worked (see below), but $`, $&, and $' are still empty. (Would they > need to go inside eval block? Guess I need to read perldoc -f eval a couple > more times... (or move on to the next problem?) ;-)
perldoc perlvar [snip] $& The string matched by the last successful pattern match (not counting any matches hidden within a BLOCK or eval() enclosed by the current BLOCK). (Mnemonic: like & in some editors.) This variable is read-only and dynamically scoped to the current BLOCK. John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]