eval regexp in perl-db?

eval regexp in perl-db?

[Mike Ballard]

Thought I'd done this before but am not getting the result I was hoping
for; I'm trying to see what exprs evaluate as (without needing printfs in
code).

The expr is "m/$str\Z/i"; at perl-db prompt I try x/p/m but x/p return "1"
and whatever m returns is Greek (to me).  Is there some way to eval
regexps from perl-db prompt in emacs?

If I do have to resort to printf in code, which pattern space (if that's
what it's called) do I look at?  $_, $`, $', $+ aren't showing me the
result of the expr...

Mike
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