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Some Perl Special Variables

Some Regular Expression Special Variables

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Contains the text matched by the corresponding set of parentheses in the last pattern matched.

  $_ = "AlphaBetaGamma";
  /^(Alpha)(.*)(Gamma)$/;
  print "$1 then $2 then $3\n";
  # prints "Alpha then Beta then Gamma";