It appears that my question wasn't as simple as I thought it might be. That maybe because I didn't express myself clearly so I'll have another go

I haven't provided samples because

I know that m/string/ will tell me if "string" is in $_, and I assume m/$string/ will tell me if the string stored in $string is in $_, but what I need to know is the syntax for finding out if $string1 contains $string2 anywhere (something like C's strstr function). I don't need to know where in $string1 $string2 was found, nor do I want $string1 changed unless I find $string2 within it, I only need to know if it was found.

If I still haven't explained myself properly, or more information is needed, I will try to come up with examples that don't contain propriety information.

Moriarty

In reply to Re: Finding a variable string within a variable string. by Moriarty
in thread Finding a variable string within a variable string. by Moriarty

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