Re^2: Regex to check for beginning character

And of course you can simplify this to

foreach(@lines) {
    print "yahoo!" if ( index( $_, '#' ) == 0 );
}
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Re: Re^2: Regex to check for beginning character by Anonymous Monk on Mar 05, 2004 at 20:58 UTC
That's not simplification. You're trying to win style points, but that's not how it's done (use parens only when neccessary) :) `for(@lines){ print "yahoo!" if 0 == index $_, '#'; }` [download]	[reply] [d/l]