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On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 19:42:53 -0000, "Henry O'Keeffe" <hok2005(a)lazydba.com> wrote:
> test.pl
>
> #!/home/perl/bin/perl
>
> $string="im not seeing any yellow";
> if ($string =~ /l*/)
> {
> print "Should be seeing yellow\n";
> }
> else
> {
> print "Shouldn't be seeing yellow\n";
> }
>
>
>
> $ perl test.pl
>
> Should be seeing yellow
Look closely at the screenshot you sent and you'll see the line
"Match from 0 to 0"
Then try this:
edi@miles:/tmp$ perl -le 'print "Match" if "xxx" =~ /l*/'
Match
edi@miles:/tmp$ perl -le 'print "Match: #$1#" if "xxx" =~ /(l*)/'
Match: ##
