Depending on where in the rest of the code @L1 lives, this would or wouldn't fail to compile under strictures. But let's say, for the sake of argument, that @L1 lives in a scope that encompasses the subroutine. What do you think that @L1 will contain by the time the foreach loop is done? That is, what do you think this subroutine will return?
Valid answers are:
- The first line that matched /notice/ and /rdy/ - the first time @L1 was set, it was to that line, so it's gonna stick, right? You always remember your first time.
- The last line that matched /notice/ and /rdy/ - the last time @L1 was set, it was set to that line, so that's what's gonna stick, right?
- All lines that matched /notice/ and /rdy/ - each time a line matched, the line got put into @L1, which is an array, which can hold multiple pieces of data, so @L1 remembers all those lines that matched, right?
The correct answer is B. Which isn't much better than what the OP wrote. He had the sub returning for the first matching line, but he clearly wants to grab all matching lines.
