Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!mhres!squirrel!pronto!jv From: jv@mh.nl (Johan Vromans) Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl Subject: Re: Frequently Asked Questions about Perl - with Answers [Monthly posting] Message-ID: <1991Mar11.090721.12069@pronto.mh.nl> Date: 11 Mar 91 09:07:21 GMT References: <1991Mar08.025232.21050@convex.com> <1991Mar08.131601.23812@convex.com> Sender: jv@pronto.mh.nl (Johan Vromans) Reply-To: Johan Vromans Organization: Multihouse Automation, the Netherlands Lines: 23 In-Reply-To: tchrist@convex.COM's message of 8 Mar 91 13:16:01 GMT In article <1991Mar08.131601.23812@convex.com> tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) writes: > From the keyboard of emv@ox.com (Ed Vielmetti): > :Speaking of which, what's the limits on the number of parentheses that > :a regular expression can have? > Nine. To accept more, Larry would have to change the code that > recognizes \1 .. \9 and $1 .. .$9. True, except for the case @array = ...complex match.... This could allow for more than nine matches, although only the first nine would be accessible using \1 .. \9 and $1 .. .$9. Johan -- Johan Vromans jv@mh.nl via internet backbones Multihouse Automatisering bv uucp: ..!{uunet,hp4nl}!mh.nl!jv Doesburgweg 7, 2803 PL Gouda, The Netherlands phone/fax: +31 1820 62911/62500 ------------------------ "Arms are made for hugging" -------------------------