my $name = "/usr/local/bin/perl"; (my $basename = $name) =~ s#.*/##; # Oops!
after substitution $basename is supposed to be perl but why it is not /local/bin/perl? will .*/ matches longest possible string? Thank you list! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
