2009/2/10 Gunnar Hjalmarsson <nore...@gunnar.cc>:
> Dermot wrote:
>>
>> I am trying to create a regex to match a directory name in path string
>>
>> my $dir = dirname(shift);
>> (my $code) = ($dir =~ m|track.(\w{3}).|);
>> return $code;
>
> An unescaped . in a regex matches any character except a newline. I suppose
> you meant m|track\.(\w{3})\.|
I know. I meant any character. The pattern was a unix path so '/track/aaa/'
Thanx,
Dp.
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