Hi So i have a text file stored in $process I am trying to match using /in mmgsdi_evt_cb/ The file contains the following strings 0x0 in mmgsdi_evt_cb mmgsdi X mmgsdi Y 0xd in mmgsdi_evt_cb 0x1a in mmgsdi_evt_cb 0xe in mmgsdi_evt_cb 0xf in mmgsdi_evt_cb mmgsdi Z 0x13 in mmgsdi_evt_cb mmgsdi Z mmgsdi Z

the basic format of my loop is as follows 
while<$process>
{
  if (/in mmgsdi_evt_cb/)
 {
  print "match found";
 }

  elsif(/something else/)
 {
  print "found something else";
 }
}

print "finish";

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The problem is if i search for just /0xf in mmgsdi_evt_cb/, my program terminates out of the while loop. if i search for just mmgsdi, the program finds all the /mmgsdi/ message EXCEPT the 0x13 string if i search for just /0x13/ it finds all the other 0x13 message EXCEPT the 0x13 in mmgsdi_evt_cb I want. Is there some limitation I am not aware of?

In reply to Perl not recognizing a simple string by joshywashy

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