Fair enough, it's a string compare rather than a pattern match. It's a simple eq, which should compare the string contained in $oldString to the value in quotes. Still, I get that uninitialized value error. The reason that there's a big gap between line 84 and line 103 is that I have a chunk commented out with an =item =cut block. Perhaps this will help. I've removed that block to make sure it wasn't causing the problem. 
 80     my $oldString = $allChanges->[$k]->getOldString();
 81     my $newString = $allChanges->[$k]->getNewString();
 82     $logger->debug("oldString = (", $oldString, ")");
 83     $logger->debug("newString = (", $newString, ")");
 84     print Dumper($oldString);
 85     sleep 1;
 86
 87     if ($oldString eq "Automated") {
 88         $logger->debug("old string = ", $oldString);
 89         $logger->debug("new string = ", $newString);
 90     }

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Output: 
INFO main:::78: Change 2 was to the Automated field of testCase HIREX-
+16845 on createdDate 2013-05-13 11:34:52 Old String = (Ready For Inte
+gration) New String = Automated
DEBUG main:::82: oldString = (Ready For Integration)
DEBUG main:::83: newString = (Automated)
$VAR1 = 'Ready For Integration';
Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at weeklyAutomationC
+hanges.pl line 87.
Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at weeklyAutomationC
+hanges.pl line 87.
DEBUG main:::352: old string = Ready For Integration
DEBUG main:::353: new string = Automated
DEBUG main:::355: New string = Automated

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-Logan
"What do I want? I'm an American. I want more."

In reply to Re^2: The simplest possible pattern match defeats me by logan
in thread The simplest possible pattern match defeats me by logan

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