Re: regex extraction problem

tom arnall wrote:
the following code:

$_='abcd';
@f = /(x)(y)|(a)(b)/;

makes the first two cells of '@f' to be undefined, then puts 'a' and 'b' in
the third and fourth cells. how do i get the system to put 'a' and 'b' in the
first two cells and to produce no undefined cells?

@f = grep defined, /(x)(y)|(a)(b)/;


John
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