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

by truedfx (Monk)
on Feb 07, 2006 at 15:27 UTC ( #528530=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

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  1. or download this
    #!perl -l

my $str = "here are some words";
my $count = @{[ $str =~ /\S+/g ]};
print $count;

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