use variables in regex

[Sven Bentlage]

Hi
I'l looking for a way to use a scalar in a regex. The snibblet below 
shows in about what it is supposed to do.
if someone has a better idea how to compare the date value with the 
$date_today value I extract from the text file, I'd be really happy 
about any hints..

The snibblet doesn't work, because it looks for the string "$date" and 
not for the value of $date...


Thanks for your help.
Regards,
Sven

sub regex {
                        #textfile has the following format:
                        # DD-MM-YY:name:address:telephone
                        #$date has the value of the current date DD-MM-YY
                        
                
                        open APODATA2,  "<$apodataFile"
                                                                || die "Can't open 
$apodataFile for regex :$!\n";
                        while ($date_today = <APODATA2> ) {
                                if ($date_today =~ /$date/) {
                                        print "date_today: $date_today\n";
                                                                                       
 }
                }


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