Thanks for all the suggestions. This is a very helpful list. Charles K. Clarkson wrote:
>Jan Eden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >: >: I tried to stuff the following two lines into one, but did >: not succeed: >: >: my($teilnehmer) = $eingabe =~ m/(?<=Teilnehmer:\n\n)(.+)/s; >: my(@teilzeilen) = split /\n/, $teilnehmer; > > Care to share a typical value for $eingabe with us? > It's just a bunch of text. The string "Teilnehmer:\n\n" appears just before the list of attendants (which I want to extract). > How about: > >my @teilzeilen = split /\n/, ( $eingabe =~ /(?<=Teilnehmer:\n\n)(.+)/s )[0]; > > I think(?) "( $eingabe =~ /(?<=Teilnehmer:\n\n)(.+)/s )[0]" >is forcing the regex into list context. In scalar context it >returns 1 (for success?) and split assumes scalar context of >its second argument. > Ah! I knew about regex results in scalar and list context, but I took the @teilzeilen to define a list context, while in fact split defines the context. My fault. BTW, accessing $1 like this implies that $1, $2 ... form an array. How can it be accessed as a whole? Thanks again, Jan -- How many Microsoft engineers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? None. They just redefine "dark" as the new standard. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
