If I do that won't it look for the 'value' of $variable? I need it to find the actual string '$variable' not what $variable contains. Any other ideas?
-----Original Message----- From: Paul Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 9:12 AM To: Dan Muey Cc: Jenda Krynicky; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: finding variable name in string Dan Muey said: > To simplify the question and not get off track I need to see if a > string contains a variable 'name' not 'value'. > > If($string =~ m/\$variable/) { print "Yes \$variable exists"; } Don't escape the $ in the RE. -- Paul Johnson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pjcj.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
