Ahh. I read this as something IN a regular exp i.e. =~ /$'/. I didn't understand the $' perlvar nuance. Thanks
KAM > > What does $` and $' do in a regexp? > > "man perlvar", which states among other things: > > The use of this variable anywhere in a program imposes a con- > siderable performance penalty on all regular expression > matches. See "BUGS". _______________________________________________ Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.roaringpenguin.com MIMEDefang mailing list [email protected] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang

