"Jensen Kenneth B Sra Afpc/Dpdmpq" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Yes > > ($org) = ($1 =~ s/,//g); > > Is the same as > $1 =~ s/,//g; > $org = $1; >
Actually not quite. ($org) = ($1 =~ s/,//g); is assigning the result of the =~ operator to $org. This is the number of times the regex matched in the object string: in this case '1', because there is one comma. To abbreviate $1 =~ s/,//g; $org = $1; you would have to write: $org = ($1 =~ s/,//g, $1); but then this isn't what was wanted anyway :-} Cheers, Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]