At 09:17 AM 12/15/01 -0800, Bob Stewart wrote:
Original String: '/forums/load/foo/bar.html'
replace /forums/load/foo/bar.html =~ m[^.*/forums/load/([^/]+)/.*$][$1]: Matched
  Result String: 'foo'
replace foo =~ m[^.*/forums/([^/]+)/.*$][$1]: No Match
  Result String: 'foo'

So note here that the first pattern matched and the result string is "foo", then you see that's it not trying the next pattern on the result of the first 
                       ^^^
                       now

Who invented these keybords, anyway.



Bill Moseley
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