On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:04:44 +0000, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: > > "r5" is a valid sub identifier. "5r" is on the other hand two tokens, > number "5" and bareword "r". It would be ok to write "5+r", but there is > an operator missing in "5r" between "5" and "r"; and the perl compiler > reports this syntax error. perl -e '5r' > Ah, now I see. Thanks! -- Offer Kaye