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unixman83
unixman83

Reputation: 9963

What Perl variables are used for the positions of the start and end of last successful regex match?

What Perl variables are used for the positions of the start and end of last successful regex match?

Upvotes: -4

Views: 90

Answers (1)

ruakh
ruakh

Reputation: 183602

As the perlvar man-page explains:

$+[0] is the offset into the string of the end of the entire [last successful] match. This is the same value as what the pos function returns when called on the variable that was matched against.

$-[0] is the offset of the start of the last successful match.

Upvotes: 1

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