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Re^2: Count number of occurrences of a substr

by FunkyMonk (Chancellor)
on Sep 30, 2011 at 22:18 UTC ( #928945=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Count number of occurrences of a substr
in thread Count number of occurrences of a substr

$n = () = $str =~ /this/g;
=()= is usually known as the "goatse" operator. It's one of perl's secret operators

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