regular expression matching

[Curtis Poe]

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

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

\Q and \E help to ensure that the text is interpreted literally (i.e.,
characters with special meaning to a regex are treated literally.  Read
'perldoc perlre' for more information about pitfalls using \Q and \E.

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----- Original Message -----
From: Jason White
To: pdx-pm-list at pm.org
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 1:56 PM
Subject: regular expression matching


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:



Jason White

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