is it possible to use a scalar variable in a regex? As in:

$date = "dec";
@months_we_ski = ("nov", "dec");
foreach $month (@months_we_ski) {
 if ($month =~ /$date/) {
  print "yep, we ski in $month\n";
 }
}
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Of course this doesn't work:) but is there something that makes it work? Thanks for any enlightenment, Mike