Here's my latest code up-to-date cleaned-up and functional...

sub compareFolder
{
   my $folder = shift;
   $folder = uc ($folder);
   while ($folder =~ /\\/)
   {
      $folder =~ s/\\/\//; # transform regular c:\sample\path into c:/
+sample/path for later comparison
   }
   
   my $mode = shift;
   my @wantedF = @{+shift};
   my @bannedF = @{+shift};
   
   for (0..$#wantedF)
   {
      return ACCEPTED if ($folder eq uc($wantedF[$_])); # if folder is
+ directly equal to a desired(forced) folder
   }
   
   for (0..$#bannedF)
   {
      return BANNED if ($folder eq uc($bannedF[$_]));   # if folder is
+ directly equal to a banned folder
      if ($mode == INC_SUBDIRS) # if a parent folder is banned then so
+ are the subfolders unless otherwise stated
      {
         my $bFolder = uc($bannedF[$_]);
         return BANNED if ($folder =~ /(^$bFolder\/).*/); # example : 
+$folder = c:\temp\one; $bannedF[$_] = c:\temp
      }
   }
   
   return ACCEPTED; # if execution reaches this point, then folder isn
+'t affected by the forced/banned folder list
               # hence it can be scanned.
}

[download]

Thanks for your help and insight...

In reply to [Re: Reg Ex : an odd error...] New Code by Foggy Bottoms
in thread Reg Ex : an odd error... by Foggy Bottoms

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.