> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Mon Oct 11 13:02:04 2004]: > > On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 06:48:11PM -0000, Dan Jacobson wrote: > > # New Ticket Created by Dan Jacobson > > # Please include the string: [perl #31937] > > # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. > > # <URL: http://rt.perl.org:80/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=31937 > > > > > > > perlop says: > > > > Binary "=~" binds a scalar expression to a pattern match. > Certain > > operations search or modify the string $_ by default. This > operator > > ... > > Binary "!~" is just like "=~" except the return value is > negated in the > > logical sense. > > > > I would add examples before going on to discuss !~. Sure there are > > examples of =~ at other places on the page, but they are not the > basic kind. > > > > Examples are worth 1000 words. > > > > Good ones on perlintro, but missing from =~'s chief documentation > > place, perlop. > > I think that's what perlretut (regular expresssion tutorial) is for. > >
Agreed, perlretut contains all these examples already.