http://www.perlmonks.org?node_id=600425


in reply to How to get ($1, $2, ...)?

Wouldn't you solve your problem by handling a line at a time?

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re^2: How to get ($1, $2, ...)?
by ferreira (Chaplain) on Feb 16, 2007 at 13:53 UTC
    Wouldn't you solve your problem by handling a line at a time?

    That's almost what I do, but I need the /gc modifier to restart from where the last regex left. Then, I can't use the match in list context as explained and so I don't see an easy way to get ($1, $2, ...) for free.