perldoc perlre

My memory always fails me regarding the result of a Perl pattern match.
It depends on

- m// or s///
- scalar or list context
- /g qualifier

.... and I am not certain that that is all!

The details are in

perldoc perlre

but my question is whether the list thinks a more ordered document would
be useful?

I am happy to expand on and publish my pencilled notes, but other
people's input would be invaluable, and I would welcome other related
suggestions.

Rob

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Re: perldoc perlre

Hi Rob,

On Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:45:02 +0100
Rob Dixon wrote:

> My memory always fails me regarding the result of a Perl pattern match.
> It depends on
>=20
> - m// or s///
> - scalar or list context
> - /g qualifier
>=20
> ... and I am not certain that that is all!
>=20

Heh, yes, that trips me too.

> The details are in
>=20
> perldoc perlre
>=20

That's not all there is there. And the "BUGS" section reads:

[QUOTE]
This document varies from difficult to understand to completely and
utterly opaque. The wandering prose riddled with jargon is hard to
fathom in several places.
[/QUOTE]

so possibly adding stuff to it would not be a good idea.

> but my question is whether the list thinks a more ordered document would
> be useful?

I think it would be, but maybe as an appendix to perldoc perlretut or a
greater document. If all else fails, then you can post it here and/or your
blog, and I can link it from http://perl-begin.org/topics/regular-expressio=
ns/
(or mirror it there, if the licence permits that.).

>=20
> I am happy to expand on and publish my pencilled notes, but other
> people's input would be invaluable, and I would welcome other related
> suggestions.
>=20

you can start by making a post here.

Regards,

Shlomi Fish

> Rob
>=20



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