$key  = "INITIAL.LASTNAME,INITIAL2.LASTNAME2,INITIAL3.LASTNAME3";
$key2 = "INITIAL.LASTNAME,INITIAL2.LASTNAME2,.";

if ($key =~ m/$key2/){ 
                print " [just another perl hacker] \n";
}

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  i'm cycling through two hash tables
  and trying to get the exact match but 
  it seems that i have a less than perfect 
  understanding of pattern matching

  i've got "the perl cookbook" here with me,
  so if i find the answer before this is taken 
  care of i'll post a reply to myself

  but i expected that the above statement would 
  evaluate to FALSE

  (note, i'm not actually making an attempt at a JAPH
   but i thought it was a funny replacement for 
  Execute Block ;)

In reply to pattern matching: why does the following code evaluate true? (and how do i fix it?) by Buckaroo Buddha

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