Mark Goland wrote: > > From: "John W. Krahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Mark Goland wrote: > > > > > > the way you did it, would need to use or operator > > > $answer =~ m/Y|y|N|n/ > > > you probebly want to check if thats the only thing entred, > > > > > > $answer =~ m/^yn$/i > > > > > > ^ begins with, $ ends with, i is for case insensetive. > > > > That would work if the user entered the string "yn" (or "YN" or "Yn" or > > "yN".) It should be either: > > > > $answer =~ m/^(?:y|n)$/i; > > > > Or: > > > > $answer =~ m/^(?i:y|n)$/; > > > > Or: > > > > $answer =~ m/^[yn]$/i; > > Whoops..... > $answer =~ m/^y|n$/i
That means $answer starts with 'y' or ends with 'n'. John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
