> if (\$base2\)
>
> is used>> the backslashes are used for what? for instance than why not we
> use the same for an array variable:
>
> foreach (@dna)
>
> Does it have to do with if(0) or if (1) rather than literally taking the
> value ..
\ is used to speicific meaning to few characters like | / * . etc. We
have to use / / for pattern matching.
foreach (@dna)
{
if (/$base2/) # It will check like m/$base2/ $_;
{
..
}
}
hth.
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