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Mocker · Jun 6th, 2008, 6:37 PM

What are you trying to match, and what is your script showing?

I see a couple issues to note..

print '\nA match was found\n';

should be

(Toggle Plain Text)

print "\nA match was found\n";

also, the code $text = <search>; only reads the first line of the file.
If you want to look for a match on any line in the file, you have to put that in a loop to check each line.

Jun 6th, 2008, 6:37 PM	#2
Mocker Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 219 Rep Power: 0	Re: Perl Noob, regex What are you trying to match, and what is your script showing? I see a couple issues to note.. (Toggle Plain Text) print '\nA match was found\n'; print '\nA match was found\n'; should be (Toggle Plain Text) print "\nA match was found\n"; print "\nA match was found\n"; also, the code $text = <search>; only reads the first line of the file. If you want to look for a match on any line in the file, you have to put that in a loop to check each line. __________________ #programmingforums relay - http://thegupstudio.com/cgi-bin/pforelay.cgi freelance scripts - http://ryanguthrie.com/index.html