Jim schreef: > Given a wordlist @WordList and a file $content, > how do I construct a regexp to search for every > word in @WordList in $content. > > I have tried the following, which does not work: > > foreach $i (@WordList) > { > print "Searching: " . $i . "\n\n"; > if($content =~ m/$i/) > { > print "Found Word " . $i . "\n"; > } > }
What do you mean by "does not work"? Maybe you are looking for m/\b\Q$word\E\b/ or maybe you just forgot to chomp. -- Affijn, Ruud "Gewoon is een tijger." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/