The s operator supports a number of variables : modifier « Regular Expression « Perl






  1. Perl
  2. Regular Expression
  3. modifier

The s operator supports a number of variables

    

$& contains the matched string; 
$` (a backtick character) contains everything before the matched string; 
$' contains everything after the matched string.








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