$row_arr_today = $res_sched&#91$row]  ##@res_sched is an array of arrays

  for $person(1..$#{$row_arr_today}) {    ##cycle through the array$row_arr_today from element 1

       $name = $row_arr_today->&#91$person] ##assign to $name the $person element in that array 
          foreach $row(0..$#namearray) {  ## @namearray is another array of arrays 

              $testname = $namearray&#91$row&#93[0];
             if ($testname =~ /($name)/){}  ##this line returns the error:
##Quantifier follows nothing in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/* <-- HERE X*/ at loadsched.pl line 66.    What basic piece of info am I missing?  Thanks

};