On Dec 17, Hemond, Steve said:
>Actually, I have to test two conditions to get into a block,
>
>If the strings found are either "one two" or "two three", go ahead.
>
>if ($text =~ /one two/ or /two three/)
That code is the same as
if (($text =~ /one two/) or ($_ =~ /two three/)) { ... }
You want either
if ($text =~ /one two/ or $text =~ /two three/) { ... }
or
if ($text =~ /one two|two three/) { ... }
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