Re: Testing a command line argument

Use the bind operator (=~) instead of eq for regular expressions, and the parens are in the wrong place:

if ( $ARGV[1] =~ /^(ALL|0)$/i ) {
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Re^2: Testing a command line argument by mike65535 (Novice) on Dec 10, 2015 at 17:58 UTC
Thanks for the "bind" tip. Sorry for the parens mistake (and the ensuing trouble it caused!) I have to use a separate computer to develop code on from the one on which I have Internet access so it's difficult to lift the code directly (without burning a CD, believe it or not). Thanks again.	[reply]