Many thanks to all for help. Regards, Ankit Gupta
"Ankit Gupta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hello, > > I am facing a problem in using regular expression on array. My code is > written below: > open(FILE, $dirvalue) ; > my @lines = <FILE>; > print @lines; # prints the file contents > if( @lines =~ m/Date:/) { print "ok";} > close(FILE); > > here I can print @lines which gives me: > > Received: from pc_jrs.spacebel.be (pc_jr) by earth.spacebel (5.x/SMI-SVR4) > id AA26092; Sun, 27 Oct 1996 16:44:52 +0100 > Date: Sun, 27 Oct 96 17:38:51 PST > From: John Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Ebnf2ps > > > Now @lines does contain Date: characters but it does not return true > anwswer. Could someone please help me as how I can achieve this. > > Thanx > Ankit > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]