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Re: Regex in a loop The first while statement is perfectly fine ... if you intend to modify the variable. The first loop reads "while the variable still matches the regular expression do something with the variable" while the second reads "while there's still something more to match in the variable do something with the match". The rule is that in the first case you SHOULD modify the variable within the loop, while in the second case you SHOULD NOT modify it.

Re: Deleting some array elements You should use grep():  @filtered = grep {whatever('test', $you, want_with($_, 'aliased to an array element'))} @all;

Re: Slurping gone wrong my $data = do {local $/; <INPUTFILE>}; or use File::Slurp

Re: True is 1, false is...? Don't print just the value, print some more info to make sure you are looking at the result of the print statement you think you are and always put some kind of quotes around the variable: print "Computed the number of angels: >$angel_count<\n";

Jenda
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In reply to Re: Common Perl Pitfalls by Jenda
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