This matches:
my $test_string = 'This is my test string';
my $pattern1 = 'This is';
print "Passed test 1 $/" if ($test_string =~ /$pattern1/);
I think that at least part of your problem is the '&&' characters.
I'm guessing that you don't mean to match a literal '&&' but that is
what your example pattern does.
You might want to look at perldoc perlre for some details on regexe's.
PC
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