Re: variable comparison

$file="filename.txt"; $ext=".txt";
if ($file =~ /$ext$/){ print "match\n"} 
else 
{print "nomatch\n"}
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RE: Re: variable comparison by merlyn (Sage) on May 25, 2000 at 18:03 UTC
Nope. That finds "Xtxt" because you aren't escaping the dot. Moral: don't use regex when a literal match will do, or learn about `\Q`.	[reply]