Dear all, I have a pattern match thats bugging me and I can't seem to figure out why it's failing. I fear the answer is embarrassing, so please go ahead and embarrass me :)
Here's part of my code: 
143: if(my @d = $h->fetchrow_array()) {
144:   print STDERR "equip_id: $e_id -> ". $d[0] ." (rep_id = ". $d[1]
+ .")\n";
145:   if($d[0] eq /NA/) {

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It offers this output (two examples): 
equip_id: 5212 -> -NA- (rep_id = 154)
Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at test.pl line 145.

equip_id: 1337 -> 4047.3 (rep_id = 152)
Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at test.pl line 145.

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What is not initialized, or why ?

In reply to Why are this pattern match failing ? by jantelar

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