Controlling REGEX in Perl?

Jeremy · 2006-10-11, 10:21 PM

Gotta q for the perl gurus who are much much wiser than me.

When you read data into an array, if that data has a REGEX character in it, PERL handily recognises it and acts on it if you want to compare that array against another array of data.

EG if the first array has "foo.*bar" then if the second array has "foofumbar" and "foo.*bar" in it PERL will find them.....

BUT what if you actually wanted to search that second list for "foo.*bar" literally and ignore "foofumbar" completely, how do you do that?

2006-10-11, 10:21 PM	#1
Jeremy Remember to rebel against the authorities, kids! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: AU Posts: 406	Controlling REGEX in Perl? Gotta q for the perl gurus who are much much wiser than me. When you read data into an array, if that data has a REGEX character in it, PERL handily recognises it and acts on it if you want to compare that array against another array of data. EG if the first array has "foo.bar" then if the second array has "foofumbar" and "foo.bar" in it PERL will find them..... BUT what if you actually wanted to search that second list for "foo.*bar" literally and ignore "foofumbar" completely, how do you do that? __________________ XXX Porno Hardcore