Shawn H Corey <shawnhco...@gmail.com> writes:
[...]
>> Yikes, I'll be a week with perlre to get even close to following that.
>> In fact I don't really understand whats happening there at all.
>>
>> Also it doesn't appear to work with the data I posted unless the
>> $extra is present, and that is supposed to be up to the ~/.events
>> author.
>
> Oops, you're right. I forgot the extra was optional. Try:
>
> if ( my ( $year, $mnth, $mday, $extra ) = $_ =~ m{ \A \s* ev \s*
> (\d\d)(\d\d)(\d\d) \s* (\d+)? \s* \Z }msx ) {
>
Wow, gets it in one swoop. This construct looks pretty foreign to me.
I associate seeing =~ operator with s/// type setup.
Can you steer me to a bit of documentation that explains what I'm
seeing here. Particularly m{...}msx
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