Name
m// (Matching)
Synopsis
m/PATTERN
/imsxocg
Match PATTERN
against input string. In
list context, returns a list of substrings matched by capturing
parentheses, or else (1)
for a successful match or
( )
for a failed match. In scalar context, returns
1
for success or “” for
failure. /imsxo
are optional mode modifiers.
/cg
are optional match modifiers.
/g
in scalar context causes the match to start
from the end of the previous match. In list context, a
/g
match returns all matches or all captured
substrings from all matches. A failed /g
match
will reset the match start to the beginning of the string unless the
match is in combined /cg
mode.
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