Dag nabbit.. forgot the anchors :)
if ($letter =~ /^[A-L]$/) {
--------------------------
Hello Andy,
if ($letter =~ /[A-L]/) {
blah
}
See Also:
perldoc perlre
Cheers,
Kevin
On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 02:16:37PM -0500, Nguyen, Andy ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
said something similar to:
> Hi List,
>
> I am new to perl and looking for a shortcut way of doing this.
>
> # $letter could be any letter from A to L.
> if ( $letter eq "A" || $letter "B" || $letter "C" || $letter eq "D" ............ ||
>$letter eq "L" )
> {
> do something
> }
>
> I really don't want to repeat $letter for every letter (B-L).
>
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