pos

pos $scalar

• Returns the location in scalar where the last m//g search over scalar left off. It returns the offset of the character after the last one matched. This is the offset where the next m//g search on that string will start. Remember that the offset of the beginning of the string is 0. For example:
  
  

  $grafitto = "fee fie foe foo"; while ($grafitto =~ m/e/g) {
   print pos $grafitto, "\n";
  }
  

  
  
  prints 2, 3, 7, and 11, the offsets of each of the characters following an e". The pos function may be assigned a value to tell the next m//g where to start.