On 7/31/07, John W. Krahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip > > my @a = <STDIN> =~ /^(\d)(\d)?(\d)?(\d)?(\d)?$/g > > You are using the /g option but the pattern is anchored at the beginning and > ending of the line so it will only match once making the /g option > superfluous. (Even if you added the /m option it would still only contain one > line because the readline is in scalar context so the /g option would still be > superfluous. :-) snip
Yep, it was left over from trying to make a simpler regex to do what I wanted. Luckily it was superfluous rather than harmful. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
