> -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Vardy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 10:26 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: From tutorial > > > Can someone help please. I'm learning from scratch. What is this? > > $_='My email address is <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.'; > > /(<.*>)/i; > > print "Found it ! $1\n"; > > I can only identify one command here. Print. How does this 'program' > run?
If this is from a tutorial, you need to find another tutorial :) /(<.*>)/i; 1. Capturing text without checking for success or failure ($1 is not changed on no match, so it retains it's previous value). 2. Useless use of /i The last two lines would be better written as: /(<.*>)/ && print "Found it ! $1\n"; or, more readable: print "Found it ! $1\n" if /(<.*>)/; -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]