Wc -Sx- Jones wrote: [snip]
> > my $file = "20040301-www.tgz"; > [snip] > > But I have a question - > > Does even mentioning (?:) usage break capturing? > > I get undefined errors when trying: > > $file =~ /^(\d+)-www.t(?:ar.)gz/i; > print $1; no. it won't break capturing. you get undef simply because your regex doesn't match: 20040301-www.tgz you want: /^(\d+)-www\.t(?:ar\.)?gz/i; david -- s$s*$+/<tgmecJ"ntgR"tgjvqpC"vuwL$;$;=qq$ \x24\x5f\x3d\x72\x65\x76\x65\x72\x73\x65 \x24\x5f\x3b\x73\x2f\x2e\x2f\x63\x68\x72 \x28\x6f\x72\x64\x28\x24\x26\x29\x2d\x32 \x29\x2f\x67\x65\x3b\x70\x72\x69\x6e\x74 \x22\x24\x5f\x5c\x6e\x22\x3b\x3b$;eval$; -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
