On May 18, Paul said:
> @hits = grep /^$TEST1$/, @HOLDER;
Do not use a regular expression to check for equality. It breaks far too
often.
* the $ anchor does not match the end of the string -- it matches the
end of a string OR before a newline at the end of a string
* if $TEST1 has any regex characters in it, the regex might break, or
succeed or fail when it shouldn't
The "proper" regex is /^\Q$var\E\z/. That's noisy. Don't use it.
@equal = grep $_ eq $wanted, @original;
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