LPM: unless ($line =~ /^#/)

[Graydon Dodson]

> Can someone who knows perlese explain
> 
> unless ($line =~ /^#/)
> 
> does this mean do the unless if the line doesn't start with a #??
> 
> Im not sure

  "unless" can be thought as equivalant to "if !"  (if not).
  
Therefore 
   
   unless ($line =~ /^#/)
   
is the same as

   if !($line =~ /^#/)
   
or in words; 
   "if $line does not start with a '#'".

Hope this helps
    

Graydon Dodson                   grdodson at lexmark.com
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