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Perl Idioms Explained - my $count = () = /.../g

by japhy (Canon)
on Feb 04, 2006 at 19:14 UTC ( #527973=perlmeditation: print w/ replies, xml ) Need Help??

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    my $str = "here are some words";
my $count = () = $str =~ /\S+/g;
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    my $last_operand = ("a", "b", "c");  # "c"
my $true_or_false = /\w+/g;          # 1 or ""
my $dunno = some_function();         # who knows?!

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