regular expression matching

[Joe Oppegaard]

On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Jason White wrote:

> 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";
> }

if ($service =~ m/$rule/) {
    print "$rule is in $service\n";
}
else {
    print "$rule isn't in $service\n";
}

-Joe Oppegaard
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