Re: mention that $1 etc. is reset even without any /()/'s

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In article <[email protected]>, Dan Jacobson
<[email protected]> wrote:

> perlop and perlretut seem not to mention that $1, $2 ... are reset
> even when one doesn't use ()'s.

The memory variables are always the values from the last successful
match.  It doesn't matter what that match was.  See their entry in
perlre.

Which parts of perlop and perlreftut do you think are confusing?

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brian d foy, [email protected]