The problem got solved by if ($msg =~ /roam\s*act/i) this will allow you to get the whole word without space or take it with space.
though when you query you have to put the words under " ". ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Suvajit Sengupta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "K.Moeng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "beginners perl" <beginners@perl.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 2:45 PM Subject: Re: white space between roam and act > On Oct 19, Suvajit Sengupta said: > > > To ignore the white space in between ROAM and ACT use /x modifier of Perl RE > > to extend your pattern's legibility by permitting whitespace and comments. > > Hope that will serve your purpose. > > Instead of > > > > if ($msg =~ /roam act/i) > > > > Use > > > > if ($msg =~ /roam act/ix) > > You're misunderstanding the /x modifier. Using /x means that all > whitespace in your regex is ignored, not that all whitespace in the STRING > is ignored. Only "roamact" is matched by /roam act/x, since the " " in > the regex is ignored due to the /x modifier. > > -- > Jeff "japhy" Pinyan % How can we ever be the sold short or > RPI Acacia Brother #734 % the cheated, we who for every service > http://www.perlmonks.org/ % have long ago been overpaid? > http://princeton.pm.org/ % -- Meister Eckhart > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
