Optional parameters to regular expressions

[Scott Penrose]

Hey Dudes,

Is there a way I can do something like this.

my $o = 'i';
print "got it" if ($str =~ /fred/$o);

ie: I want to be able to use a parameter to say it is case insensitive 
without having to use multiple if.

Scott
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