[VPM] regular-expressions and variables

[Jer A]

hello all perl gurus,

I have another problem - a regular expression problem

how do i use scalar variables in substitution and complex matching?

eg I want the following to work.

$string =~ s/^$variable//;

$string =~ m/^([^$variable]*)/;


thanks in advance for your help.

-Jeremy A.

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