> How can I test whether a person's name (which is the variable called
> $vars::name) is in a particular file ( "links.dat")? The
> file is simply a
> list of names all separated by the newline character, i.e,
>
> Harry\n
> Joe\n
> Jane Doe\n
>
> When I change my pattern-to-match to the litera
Hi,
Have you printed the variable $vars::name to be sure it contains what you
think it does?
Also, try the grep command:
open(LINKS, "$statedir/links.dat") or die "Error at LINKS: $!\n"
my @all_matches = grep (/$vars::name/, );
&print_link (@all_matches)
You can use arguments to grep to get in
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>
> ###
> open(LINKS, "$statedir/links.dat") || die "Error at LINKS: $!";
> @people = ;
> $pattern_to_match = "$vars::name"; #$vars::name is Harry, but the code
where are you declaring $vars::name?
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Hi List,
How can I test whether a person's name (which is the variable called
$vars::name) is in a particular file ( "links.dat")? The file is simply a
list of names all separated by the newline character, i.e,
Harry\n
Joe\n
Jane Doe\n
When I change my pattern-to-match to the literal string I'
