regular expression matching

[Jason White]

I usually only use regular expressions for substitutions s///g etc.

How exactly do I use a regular expression as a boolean value?
for example:

$service="cns-noc_server1";
$rule="cns-noc";

if( WHAT DO I PUT HERE){
    print "$rule is in $service \n";
} else {
    print "$rule isn't in $service \n";
}

Jason White
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