Greetings,

I'm having a regex problem that I hope you can help me with. Consider this test:

   like( $content, 
      qr(<td>$args->{class}</td>
      .*
      <td>$args->{timestamp}</td>
      )msix
   , '/report/classes dr_test_class ' );

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And the results:

#   Failed test '/report/classes dr_test_class '
#   at ./nhw.pl line 153.
#                   '<tr>
#    <td>dr_test_class</td>
#    <td>2014-07-23 18:01:01-04</td>
# </tr>
# 
# '
#     doesn't match '(?^msix:<td>dr_test_class</td>
#       .*
#       <td>2014-07-23 18:01:01-04</td>
#       )'

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Why does the match fail?

Neil Watson
watson-wilson.ca

In reply to Help with regex and 'like' in test::more by neilwatson

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