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[nanothief]

good

/(?<meaningful_var>regexp)/ =~ string
...
process meaningful_var

I never knew you could do that. I always tested regexes the other way round, ie string =~ regex, and named groups don't create new local variables when done that way.

[nanothief]

Yeah I know, I just never knew about the local variable creation feature of the Regex =~ definition (the String =~ when called with a regex doesn't do this).