[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am trying to do write a search comparison between to
> part numbers....
>
> $found = 1 if $string1 =~ /$string2/g;
>
If there can be reqex operators within the variable then you need to tell
regex to not expand, so you would do something like:
$found = 1 if $string1 =~ /\Q$string2\E/g;
Now when it finds an * it is just coig to use as an asterick and not one or
more occurances of the preceding character(s).
Wags ;)
> I want to know if $string2 occurs within $string1.
>
> Basic enough ... however, I am finding that at times
> $string2 contains characters such as: ** and (+ABC
> etc.
> and this is giving errors in the REGEX such as
>
> Quantifier follows nothing before HERE mark in regex
>
> because these characters throw off the regex...
>
> I could write a cleanup routine to strip out
> characters like this so that $string2 never contains
> them -- but I wanted to know if there is something I
> can do within the REGEX itself to tell it not
> interpret anthing found within $string2 as anything
> other than the characters for the pattern and not some
> special meaning.
>
> I tried using /"$string2"/g and /\'$string2\'/g ...
> this did not work and I believe it may not be on the
> right track...
>
> Thanks for any help...
>
> John
>
>
>
>
> =====
> John V. Pataki
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>
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