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in thread RegEx Problem?

I think the regex should actually look like 
    /I.*like.*foo/

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which can be constructed out of the searchstring using 
    $re = join '.*', map quotemeta, split ' ', $search;

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Re: Re: Re: RegEx Problem?
by Popcorn Dave (Abbot) on Feb 25, 2003 at 16:31 UTC
    You're rght, it probably should. However I wasn't sure if the person who posted was looking for that exact string or using it as a pseudo string.

    There is no emoticon for what I'm feeling now.

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