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Please explain what is happening in the following:

my ($salt) = $$input_stream =~ /^Salted__(.{8})/s;

What will $salt contain?
Sep 4 '07 #1
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KevinADC
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Please explain what is happening in the following:

my ($salt) = $$input_stream =~ /^Salted__(.{8})/s;

What will $salt contain?
It will contain the eight characters that follow the pattern "Salted__" in the string $$input_stream.
Sep 4 '07 #2

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