Re^3: How is this printing?

[Sandy]

Nope, I'm not exactly sure if I understand what you are asking, but here's my best guess...

Consider the following code and result

foreach ("abc123", "xyz123","def12","ghi123") {
    /(.*)123/;
    print "scanning $_: found $1\n";
}
__DATA__
scanning abc123: found abc
scanning xyz123: found xyz
scanning def12: found xyz
scanning ghi123: found ghi
<code>
Notice that while scanning "<code>def12

" the "$1" variable was not reset to undef but remains in its previously defined state.

Was this what you were asking?

[muba]

It indeed is. Hmm, I think I can remember I read all $n got replaced, even if the regex did not match.

Well, thank you.