I see three typos/issues:

  1. $Namelist ~= m/\w+a/ should be $Namelist =~ m/\w+a/ -- tilde after equal sign for pattern match
  2. print "Matched|$<$&>$|\n" should be print "Matched|$<$&$>|\n" -- sigil before greater-than, not after, for special variable
  3. You have no parenthetical phrases in your match, so $1 doesn't match anything. If you want to get the name, use parens around the match: m/(\w+a)/

(stevieb beat me to #1 and #3)

In reply to Re: Simple prog isnt cooperating by pryrt
in thread Simple prog isnt cooperating by catfish1116

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