Re: [SPOILER] Re: New Quiz: "What does this code do?" (1-December-2006)

On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 02:04:36PM -0800, Ben Prew wrote:
> So the thing I don't understand is, if a pattern match is the same
> thing as a subroutine call, and it's localizing the match, why do I
> see the new value of $1 in the line after it.

No one has said that a pattern match is the same thing as a subroutine
call.

A pattern matches localizes the regex variables in the current scope.  It
really is just that simple.

Ronald