#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Fcntl qw(:flock);                                                 
+          
my $CE_PMID = 'g2222222' ;                                            
my $RTBL_CD_NODE_CONST = '\|mvs\+VSPMVSPNODE' ;         
my $CE_ROUTE_TABLE = "/edi/cdunix/ndm/bin/Rout.Tbl";                  
my $RTBL_ENTRY_DEL = $CE_PMID . $RTBL_CD_NODE_CONST;                  
+                                                          
  for (<DATA>) {s/$RTBL_ENTRY_DEL//g;print};                          
+           


__DATA__
o2130338|mvs+VSPMVSPNODE
g2139819|mvs+VSPMVSPNODE
g2113717|mvs+VSPMVSPNODE
o2156228|mvs+VSPMVSPNODE
o2170511|mvs+VSPMVSPNODE
o2174150|mvs+VSPMVSPNODE
o2194340|mvs+VSPMVSPNODE
o4199702|mvs+VSPMVSPNODE
g2345678|mvs+VSPMVSPNODE
g2222222|mvs+VSPMVSPNODE

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The problem is that regex interprets your variables as regex not as a value.
g2222222\|mvs\+VSPMVSPNODE <--what it should be.

In reply to Re: regex problem? deleting table entry by zer
in thread regex problem? deleting table entry by meinke3

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