JupiterHost.Net wrote: >> >>> And 'm' and 's' are ways of telling Perl how to interpret a line, right? >> >> The /m option defines what the ^ and $ anchors match but you aren't using >> those anchors. The /s option defines what . matches so your regular >> expression will match something different than before. > > Good catch :) Although "Best Practice" recommends xms all the time so > that you get used to writing it/writing for it. Sorry I forgot to > mention th . difference > >>> Can you tell me what the function of the square-brackets are for >>> regexps? How are they different than regular parens? >> >> '[' and ']' define a character class, but you don't really need a >> character >> class in your example. > > Again, just recommending "Best Practice" :)
You should probably also read "Mastering Regular Expressions". :-) 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>
