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."

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