Hi all,
I'm more of a beginner, than an expert. My task: Compare 2 string values and see if $str1 is present in $str2, if yes then change the value of $str1 to $str2.

What I have: $str1="Mar" and $str2="Marketing" I have tried using this:

  1. if ($str1 =~ $str2) { do something; } but this returns me a false!
  2. if ($str1 le $str2) { do something; } this works but does not give me case insensitivity that is it returns a false if I try to compare if ($str1 le $str2 || $str1 eq $str2) {do something;} (where $str1 is "mar" and $str2 is "Marketing")
  3. There are some other ways that I cld try but I feel they are too dumbo ways like putting both the strings into arrays and then comparing them.
That's when I thought u guys would liek to know somethign more today :)

Any help or suggestion would be appreciated
Jeshua

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edited: Thu Jun 20 18:45:01 2002 by jeffa - added code tags and formatting

In reply to Compare 2 string values by Anonymous Monk

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