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> > I have a list of email addresses in a text file one to a line. How would I > seach for a particular email address? > > $email = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"; > The @ in the above does need to be escaped as you indicate, or use single quotes around it to prevent variable interpolation. > while <FILE> { > if ($email eq $_) { > $OK = 1; > } > } > > It seems the @ symbol somehow doesn't work in this search. What would be a > better (or right) way to do this? thanks in advance. > Careful with the above, as you may need to chomp $_, etc. You may also want to have a look at: perldoc -f grep Where is your 'use strict; use warnings;'?? http://danconia.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]