@files = grep {/^nc$year.*\.log$/} @files;
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@files = grep {/^nc.$year.*\.log$/} @files;
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perl -e '$cat = "cat"; if ($cat =~ /\143\x61\x74/) { print "Its a cat!
+\n"; } else { print "Thats a dog\n"; } print "\n";'
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The former looks right to me, though the easiest way is to check is to try it:)

Why did you think that you might need the extra '.' in the latter?

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Hummm ok a quiz I guess... put it there cause I saw you put it before the * which made me thing hey myabe I need to seperate the sections with a . first section being the nc then a variable but due to it is s $year I am kind of worried cause you use $ for end of statement... but also figure having that . in front of the $ made it think hey maybe treat $year as a variable... am I close??

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perl -e '$cat = "cat"; if ($cat =~ /\143\x61\x74/) { print "Its a cat!
+\n"; } else { print "Thats a dog\n"; } print "\n";'
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perl -e '$cat = "cat"; if ($cat =~ /\143\x61\x74/) { print "Its a cat!
+\n"; } else { print "Thats a dog\n"; } print "\n";'
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This is just a slight optimization - read up on qr// in perlop to get the full scoop.

$match = qr/^nc$digyear$digmon.*\.log$/;
@files = grep m/$match/, @files;
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Slightly dangerous if the application calls for using the regex in a loop where one of the variables (eg. $month) changes, as unless the qr// is also inside the loop (in which case the optimisation benefits are lost), as the changing value of the variable won't be recognised.

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