Regular expressions
Perl’s regex engine is a core strength for matching and replacing text.
What you will be able to do
- Match with =~ /pattern/.
- Capture with parentheses.
- Replace with s///.
In plain English
Perl’s regex engine is a core strength for matching and replacing text.
- Match with =~ /pattern/.
- Capture with parentheses.
- Replace with s///.
my $text = "css-18";
if ($text =~ /([a-z]+)-(\d+)/) {
print "$1 has $2 minutes\n";
}Your turn
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Answer from memory: Which operator binds a string to a regex match?
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