regex and pattern matching

[PaulD]

Hi All,

Trying to figure out something that should be easy..
If  $value_a contains $value_b then....
Problem is I don't know how to escape the entire variable $value_a so that
the . is not considered a quantifier.



                                $value_a  = ".com";
                                $vaue_b = "mycom.org";

                                if ( $value_a =~ $value_b ) {
                                  print "true\n"
                                  }


I tried  m/$value_b/ig also 


Thanks Paul D'Oyley

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