Dylan Boudreau wrote: > I could be wrong here as I am still pretty new to perl but couldn't you > just do it like this > > if ($x =~ /$y/i) > > Dylan >
almost correct! :-) how about: if($x =~ /^$y$/i) your reg. only checks to see if $y is within $x, not equal. david -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]