In a message dated 3/9/2004 3:08:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Careful, I believe we want the above capture anchored to the start of >the line, though I prefer the direct match approach...
You're right about the anchor, but direct match wouldn't be the preferable method here. Say, using your code, my $variable = 1338. The regex is true, even though the number will be different.You'd have to do /^$variable\s+/ (even then, $variable could be "13384 R", be true, and mess things up). Regex in conditionals can be effy and ambiguous, and if they can be avoided, why not avoid them. -will (the above message is double rot13 encoded for security reasons) Most Useful Perl Modules -strict -warnings -Devel::DProf -Benchmark -B::Deparse -Data::Dumper -Clone (a Godsend) -Perl::Tidy -Beautifier -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
