> You need to quotemeta() the string so it can be used literally in
> a regex.
>
> >The line that I'm looking in is (almost) such as: $original_ip_address =
> >deny+qfe1+tcp+*-*+0.0.0.0
> >(can ya guess this is a firewall packet screen?)
> >
> >The syntax I'm using is:
> >
> >if ($looking_for =~ /$original_ip_address//) { $i += 1 }
> > print "You Found A Match !\";
>
> The syntax you need will contain /\Q$original_ip_address\E/ (you have an
> extra / above, btw).
Also ... don't you want to be doing
if ($original_ip_address =~ /\Q$looking_for\E/)
That way you're finding instances of $looking_for inside
$original_ip_address, rather than the other way around.
Dan
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