Re: question about regex back referencing

[Peter Cline]

It seems that posting to the list is often the catalyst that provides 
enough activation energy to prompt the revelation that gives me the answer 
I need.

I now see the folly of

if (/^(.+)_(\d+)$/) {
          $script_info[$2] = { 'id' => $2, }
          $script_info[$2]->{$1} = $q->param("$_");
       }

which I subsequently changed to :

if (/^(.+)_(\d+)$/) {
          $script_info[$2] = { 'id' => $2, } unless { 
defined($script_info[$2]) };
          $script_info[$2]->{$1} = $q->param("$_");
       }

and thereby eliminated my problem.

Thanks
Peter Cline
Inet Developer
New York Times Digital