I have a string named $rule_text an it contains:
($field[6] eq 'PM' && $field[8] eq 'CAVENDI')
How can I use that in an if statement?
Obviously if I just do this:
if $rule_text {...} it'll evaluate as true as long as it's not an empty string but that's not correct.
I want to know if that string evaluates as true or false and set a flag variable as appropriate.
I was hoping that this would work:
$ignore_flag = eval if $rule_text;
but no luck.
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