regex in print statement

[AMiSM]

Hi, guys!
I was just wondering, is it possible to use a regex in a print statement? Something like this:

print ( /\n{15}done./ );

 

[KevinADC]

what you have would probably print 1 (one) to indicate a true match if the match was true for $_

But what do you want to print or expect to print? Can you post some more code?

 

[AMiSM]

What kind of shorthand will allow one to print a prescribed number of something, requiring only one copy of that something in the statement?

 

[Kirsle]

print "\n" x 15, "done.";

 

[AMiSM]

excellent!

 

[KevinADC]

>> What kind of shorthand will allow one to print a prescribed number of something, requiring only one copy of that something in the statement?

Ahh, thats what you were getting at.

 

[AMiSM]

Well, it seemed at first glance that regex's would be useful for some kind of formatted output, but I guess they come at things from the opposite direction; not knowing exactly vs knowing precisely.