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Re^3: regex expression helpby sauoq (Abbot) |
on Nov 08, 2005 at 18:37 UTC ( [id://506841]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Yes, the values were grabbed from a file. How will that prind statement show newlines? Well, if you enclose the values in single quotes, and there is a newline in the value, you'll see the ending quote on a line by itself. I have alread checked the values in the file. Checked them for what? If you've got like one filename per line, and you are reading them in with something like my @dependantFiles = <FH>; then each value in @dependantFiles will be terminated by a newline. You might just try calling chomp(@dependantFiles) before the code you posted. That may be all you need. (Although, you could stand to make some other improvements.) Would it make a difference if I made the string I'm searching in seperated via commas? No. Given the code you gave us, it doesn't matter what is separating the values in your $X strings. You aren't doing anything with the separating character or even with the separate values. You are simply treating it as one string. -sauoq "My two cents aren't worth a dime.";
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