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•Re: perl + CGI's

by merlyn (Sage)
on Dec 13, 2002 at 15:42 UTC ( #219608=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to perl + CGI's

$file_contents =~ m/^.*(\\|/\)(.*)/;
my $name = $2;

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Since that match could fail, you have no idea what's in $2 at this point. Could be from a previous match.

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