Re: scalar / list context weirdness

[Jeff Abrahamson <jeff@purple.com>]

On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 09:29:41AM -0700, Wilson, Douglas wrote:
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> On Monday, June 02, 2003 9:21 AM, Jeff Abrahamson [SMTP:jeff@purple.com]
> wrote:
> >     @indices = map { $_ =~ s/.html$// } @indices;
> 
> In scalar context, s/// returns the number of substitutions, operates
> directly
> on the variable like chomp and does not return a copy of it like some
> operators and functions.
> 
> So you just want:
> s/\.html$// for @indices;

Thanks.

But isn't

    $foo =~ s/.html$//;

scalar context?

-- 
 Jeff

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