On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 04:41:33PM +0100, Graham Barr wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 10:20:28AM -0500, Jonathan Scott Duff wrote:
> > > m//gt would be defined to do the match, and return the count of matches, this
> > > leaves all existing uses consistent and unaffected. /t is suggested for
> > > "counT", as /c is already taken. Using /t without /g would be result in
> > > only 0 or 1 being returned, which is nearly the existing syntax.
> >
> > Better would be to redefine what m//g means in a scalar context.
> >
> > $_ = "foofoofoofoofoofoofoo";
> > $count = m/foo/g;
> >
> > 1 is just as true as 7.
>
> But you would loose the functionality of \G starting where the last match
> left off. This is very useful.
/gg to "count 'em all"? :-)
> Graham.
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