Re^2: assigning regex matches to variables

[genghis]

Couldn't get that to work. Also tried

my @digits = $string2 =~ /(\d)+/;

which didn't work either. I guess I'm generally confused about whether the =~ operator actually assigns the result of the search; i.e. whether

$var =~ /some_regex/;

changes the value of $var.

[jwkrahn]

$var =~ /some_regex/; does not change the value of $var, it just searches through $var for the pattern /some_regex/.