m/ / operator question 1

[loosecannon1]

I need to match the entire PATTERN to the entire EXP

i.e. Since the following expression is not an exact match, besides case, I don't want it to return true

$var1 = "abcd"
$var2 = "abcdf"
$var1 =~ /$var2/i

Any ideas on how I can accomplish this?

 

[derekpc]

loosecanon,

Try this

$var1 =~ /^$var2$/i # matches only if from beginning to end of string is a match.

Derek

 

[Coderifous]

Or, more efficient: (don't really need to whip out the regex engine for this kind of thing) -

if( lc($var1) eq lc($var2) ){

...

}

--jim

 

[loosecannon1]

Thanks for the helpfull advice!