[ale] Perl monks ?

[Fletch]

>>>>> "James" == James P Kinney, <James> writes:

    James> On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 14:11, Mazukna, Thomas wrote:
    >> 1. Is the following snippet a valid piece of Perl code?
    >> s/[Tt]he\s/a/gis;

    James> Only if it has a $variable ~= in front (unless in
    James> commandline mode).  Then it will substitute "a" for "The "
    James> or "the "

        No, it's perfectly valid.  If you don't bind a specific
varible $_ will be used (as it is many places in perl when no explicit
arugment is given).  See perldoc perlop.

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