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Re: regular expressions with !by Tomte (Priest) |
| on Sep 14, 2006 at 14:34 UTC ( #572932=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
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You're a victim of operator precedence - the ! has higher precedence than =~ - so your expression evaluates as if ((!$test_string)=~/$regex/), which is false. Either use !~, as already suggested, or use parenthesis around the whole match if (!($test_string =~/$regex/)). You do not need to use the /e modifier!
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