hmmmm seems this worked today.. Server restart musta failed when it didn't seem to work..
if ($string =~ /($pattern_match)/i) --- Martin Moss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm looking for a regex which will help me do this.. > > $string = 'google.com/?q=test'; > > $pattern_match = 'google|yahoo|msn'; > > What I would like to do is test if $string contains > one of the patterns in the pattern match and then > carry out a function based upon which pattern is > matched... > > e.g. > > if ($string =~ /$pattern_match/i) > { > my $matched_pattern = ####???? ($_?) > > > } > > > Any ideas? > > sorry for being slightly not mod perl specific... > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > Yahoo! Mail is the world's favourite email. Don't > settle for less, sign up for > your free account today > http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail/winter07.html > > ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Try it now. http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/