in reply to Re: =~ matches non-existent symbols
in thread =~ matches non-existent symbols

Hi! Yeah, I'm not using any loops because the files that I have to check consist of long single lines. Thanks anyway! Do you know what causes my code to match files that contain only actg?

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Re^3: =~ matches non-existent symbols
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Nov 18, 2014 at 17:33 UTC
    It doesn't just contain actg; it also contains a newline. You need to chomp your input.
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