If $val doesn't match 'Cisco' then the expression won't be evaluated any longer. Now you could say:
$found = ($val =~ m/Cisco/) ? 1 : 0; Serge Maandag wrote: > Why not: > > My $val = `$prog $host public $oid`; > $val =~ m/Cisco/ && $found = 1 || $found = 0; -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Help mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/rrd-users WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi
