On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 12:05 PM, John W. Krahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > In scalar context it returns true if it matches at all and in list
> > context it returns a list of matches. Now, normally a list in scalar
> > context returns the last element of the list,
> >
>
> That is the com
Chas. Owens wrote:
On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 4:03 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
my $count = () = $str =~ /a/g;
Thanks Chas. Owens,
I need some explanation on the above on how the above regex count the
number of 'a' in a string.
With my limited understanding, this is what I thought:-
$coun
On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 4:03 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > my $count = () = $str =~ /a/g;
> >
> Thanks Chas. Owens,
> I need some explanation on the above on how the above regex count the
> number of 'a' in a string.
>
> With my limited understanding, this is what I thought:-
> $count =
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Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: how to construct regex to count no. of alphabets in a scalar
variable
On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 12:35 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
How do I construct a regex to count the number of 'a' within a scalar
va
On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 12:35 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> How do I construct a regex to count the number of 'a' within a scalar
> variable such as the undermentioned.
> One method I can think of is to split the scalar string into a list and then
> do the counting but I just feel tha
