Re: Vexing regex question--storing multiple hits for later use

2002-03-06 Thread Jenda Krynicky
From: "Daniel J. Tomso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I'm matching a pattern against a long string, and I want to examine > each occurrence of the match. I know that $& stores the match, but is > there a way to store EVERY match in the string, and then look at them? Dont use $&, it'll slow down ALL rege

Re: Vexing regex question--storing multiple hits for later use

2002-03-06 Thread Jon Molin
"Daniel J. Tomso" wrote: > > Greetings. > > I'm matching a pattern against a long string, and I want to examine each > occurrence of the match. I know that $& stores the match, but is there > a way to store EVERY match in the string, and then look at them? > > Example: > > $str = "This is a v

Vexing regex question--storing multiple hits for later use

2002-03-06 Thread Daniel J. Tomso
Greetings. I'm matching a pattern against a long string, and I want to examine each occurrence of the match. I know that $& stores the match, but is there a way to store EVERY match in the string, and then look at them? Example: $str = "This is a very long string, isn't it?" If I want to matc