On Sun, Jun 11, 2006 at 06:49:30PM +0200, Adriano Allora wrote: > yes, > specifying the end of the string it's necessasy, but, if I write: > > #!/usr/bin/perl -w > > print STDOUT "Leggo...\n"; > while (<>) > { > print "$_" if /^\w{1,5}$/; > } > > the script doesn't match words (but THERE ARE words of 5 or 4 > characters). > I cannot undestand....
Neither can I. It works for me. -- Paul Johnson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pjcj.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>