Jeff Westman wrote: > > Okay, this may sound pretty basic, but what is the qr// function used for?
It is used to compile a regular expression and store it in a scalar. Note that the value stored is NOT a simple text string. $ perl -le' my $x = qr/.*XX.*/; my $y = q/.*XX.*/; print "$x\t" . ref $x; print "$y\t" . ref $y; ' (?-xism:.*XX.*) Regexp .*XX.* > I rarely see it used. I've consulted perldoc perlre, Try consulting perldoc perlop instead. :-) > and it still makes no sense. > > Could someone give a simple, practical example of this in use? If you need to use a variable in a regular expression it is usually more efficient to compile it with qr// than to have perl interpolate and compile it at run-time. John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
