Jan Eden wrote: > > R. Joseph Newton wrote: > > >"R. Joseph Newton" wrote: Oooops, sorry, needs a small adjustment, I > >think: > > > >>Jan Eden wrote: > >> > >>> > >>>BTW, accessing $1 like this implies that $1, $2 ... form an array. > >>>How can it be accessed as a whole? > >> > >>my @matches =( /($regex)/g); > > Ok, that should have been obvious. Thank you. > > >To put the regex expressions into list context. > > > Doesn't the array on the left already form a list context?
Yes. > Do I really need the parentheses around the regex part? No, no parenthesis are required. my @matches = /$regex/g; John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>