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#!/usr/bin/perl
# [[[ PREPROCESSOR ]]]
# <<< EXECUTE_SUCCESS: 'have pre-regex $foo = howdy hello ahoy how' >>>
# <<< EXECUTE_SUCCESS: 'have post-regex $foo = HOwdy hello aHOy HOw' >>>
# <<< EXECUTE_SUCCESS: 'have $bax = 3' >>>
# [[[ HEADER ]]]
use RPerl;
use strict;
our $VERSION = 0.001_000;
# [[[ CRITICS ]]]
## no critic qw(ProhibitUselessNoCritic ProhibitMagicNumbers RequireCheckedSyscalls) # USER DEFAULT 1: allow numeric values & print operator
## no critic qw(RequireInterpolationOfMetachars) # USER DEFAULT 2: allow single-quoted control characters & sigils
# [[[ OPERATIONS ]]]
my string $foo = 'howdy hello ahoy how';
print 'have pre-regex $foo = ', $foo, "\n";
my integer $bax = ( $foo =~ s/ho/HO/gms ); # DEFAULT scalar, substitution count
print 'have post-regex $foo = ', $foo, "\n";
print 'have $bax = ', $bax, "\n";