Re^2: Help with a loop

Monks, Thanks so much! I didn't write this code originally, but edited it to fit what I needed, but I'm an amateur. Thanks for all the suggestions (most of which are above my head). Preceptor solved it for me with this: "that 'eq' line means that the two variables have to match precisely - no whitespace or linefeeds. " I changed it to:

if (($quick_jobtype && ($quick_jobtype =~ /$temp_jobvar/)) || (!$quick
+_jobtype)) {
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and IT WORKS! Once again the Monks have saved me. Thanks.

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Re^3: Help with a loop by Preceptor (Deacon) on Jun 15, 2013 at 12:47 UTC
As you're maintaining the code, a rewrite is probably a good idea - there really is nothing like code that's not quite correct to give you all manner of headaches down the line (despite working now)	[reply]