Re^2: ${^MATCH} regex special variable(s) and /p regex modifier

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Re^3: ${^MATCH} regex special variable(s) and /p regex modifier by JavaFan (Canon) on Oct 04, 2011 at 11:15 UTC
With 5.12.2: `$ perl -wE 'my $s = "foo bar"; $s =~ /(bar)/; say ${^PREMATCH}' foo $ perl -wE 'my $s = "foo bar"; $s =~ /bar/; say ${^PREMATCH}' Use of uninitialized value $^PREMATCH in say at -e line 1. $` [download] Note also the difference in what's going on: $ perl -Mre=debug -wE 'my $s = "foo bar"; $s =~ /bar/;' Compiling REx "bar" Final program: 1: EXACT <bar> (3) 3: END (0) anchored "bar" at 0 (checking anchored isall) minlen 3 Guessing start of match in sv for REx "bar" against "foo bar" Found anchored substr "bar" at offset 4... Starting position does not contradict /^/m... Guessed: match at offset 4 Freeing REx: "bar" $ perl -Mre=debug -wE 'my $s = "foo bar"; $s =~ /(bar)/;' Compiling REx "(bar)" Final program: 1: OPEN1 (3) 3: EXACT <bar> (5) 5: CLOSE1 (7) 7: END (0) anchored "bar" at 0 (checking anchored) minlen 3 Guessing start of match in sv for REx "(bar)" against "foo bar" Found anchored substr "bar" at offset 4... Starting position does not contradict /^/m... Guessed: match at offset 4 Matching REx "(bar)" against "bar" 4 <foo > <bar> \| 1:OPEN1(3) 4 <foo > <bar> \| 3:EXACT <bar>(5) 7 <foo bar> <> \| 5:CLOSE1(7) 7 <foo bar> <> \| 7:END(0) Match successful! Freeing REx: "(bar)" $ [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: ${^MATCH} regex special variable(s) and /p regex modifier by lidden (Curate) on Oct 04, 2011 at 14:16 UTC
Yes, but it seems anything but a literal string will make the variable defined. `$ perl -wE 'my $s = "foo 123"; $s =~ /\d+/; say ${^PREMATCH}' foo` [download]	[reply] [d/l]


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