Re: string matching specific number of times


Dave Weaver wrote:
> ced@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <ced@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Or, simply:
> >
> > my $count = 0;
> > $count++ while $something =~ /test/g;
>
> Or save yourself the loop:
>
> my $count = () = $something =~ /test/g;


There's still a loop returning values which are just discarded
by the empty list of course. Losing the counter init./increm.
is very cool though.

--
Charles DeRykus

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