Hi monks!
I have some bacterial organisms names that I want to look up into a big datafile.
My problem is that i have cases like the following:
[NAME I HAVE]: Acidovorax JS42
[NAME IN THE DATASET FILE] Acidovorax sp. JS42

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So, is there a way that I can use a reg exp to match this? I tried:
$my_name="Acidovorax JS42";
$db_name="Acidovorax sp. JS42";

if($total=~/$find/)
{
    print "OK\n";
}

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and it did not work... So, is there not any way to match a string of some words that is contained in a bigger string but the words are not in order?
Thanks!

In reply to Reg exps? by Anonymous Monk

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