From: Avdi Grimm <groups@...>
Date: 2012-06-28T05:57:49+09:00
Subject: Re: should $1 propagate through method calls?

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On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@zenspider.com>wrote=
:

> The contents of successive groups matched in a successful pattern match.
> In "cat" =3D~/(c|a)(t|z)/, $1 will be set to =93a=94 and $2 to =93t=94. T=
HIS VARIABLE
> IS LOCAL TO THE CURRENT SCOPE. [r/o, thread]
>
>
Personally I love the Perl heritage stuff like this. But for someone coming
from a non-Perl background, damn that must seem pretty weird and surprising=
.

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Avdi

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On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Ryan Davis <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:ryand-ruby@zenspider.com" target=3D"_blank">ryand-ruby@zenspider=
.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd=
ing-left:1ex">

<div class=3D"im">The contents of successive groups matched in a successful=
 pattern match. In &quot;cat&quot; =3D~/(c|a)(t|z)/, $1 will be set to =93a=
=94 and $2 to =93t=94. THIS VARIABLE IS LOCAL TO THE CURRENT SCOPE. [r/o, t=
hread]</div>


<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Personally I love the Perl heritage st=
uff like this. But for someone coming from a non-Perl background, damn that=
 must seem pretty weird and surprising.</div><div><br></div><div>--</div>

<div>Avdi=A0</div></div>

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