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<node id="33972" title="How do I get what is to the left of my match?" created="2000-09-26 01:08:28" updated="2005-08-10 09:07:33">
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categorized question</type>
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QandAEditors</author>
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Hm.  I can not get the left to show up.  Any ideas?
&lt;CODE&gt;
"left center right" =~ /center/;
print "&lt;br&gt;Left: &lt;$`&gt;\n";
print "&lt;br&gt;Match: $&amp;\n";
print "&lt;br&gt;Right: &lt;$'&gt;\n";
&lt;/CODE&gt;
Thanks

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1835</field>
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