Hi, If you don't define input line separator $/=undef; Perl reads line by line only.
The below code is to match ignore case in regex. $inputline=~m/[a-z]+/i; Here i is used for ignore a case. It will match any group of character may be lower or upper or mixed case. Regards, Ramkumar Software - Digital Services Division, Macmillan India Ltd.- Chennai 600 018. -----Original Message----- From: Manasi Bopardikar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 1:54 PM To: beginners@perl.org Subject: Handling ignore case and single line in pattern matchin Hi, Does anyone know how to handle ignore case(i) and single line(s) on a regular expression. Thanks and Regards, Manasi Bopardikar|s/w Engineer|Persistent SystemsLtd (+91)(020)(30234497)|9767218759 [EMAIL PROTECTED] DISCLAIMER ========== This e-mail may contain privileged and confidential information which is the property of Persistent Systems Ltd. It is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to read, retain, copy, print, distribute or use this message. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender and delete all copies of this message. Persistent Systems Ltd. does not accept any liability for virus infected mails. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/