Alan Perry wrote: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've been reading the previous post and was wondering about what qr does
[snip] > For the second array item, the line translates to: > print "found\n" if $str =~ '^from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]'mi > Which could also be written as > print "found\n" if $str =~ /^from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/mi Except that using the single quote as a delimiter prevents interpolation within the string. qr/^from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/mi would try to expand an array called @hotmail and fail, whereas qr'^from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]'mi would be interpreted directly as a regex. Which is why I wrote it that way. HTH, Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
