John McKown wrote:
>
> my ($item_num,$a,$b) = $i =~ /(.*?|)((?:.*?|){11})(.*)/;
> print LINE "$inv|$item_num|$a|$item_num|$b\n";
>
> I think that I have that right. Well, assuming that the original is
> correct.
No John,
If you are using $a and $b as variables in any context other than the sort
built-in function, then you do not have it right. Choose meaningful variable
names.
Joseph
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