Re^2: How to test for a new line

aaahhhh for any one else who may want to know how to do this I got it to work by doing this

$myvar1 == "\n"

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Re^3: How to test for a new line by dragonchild (Archbishop) on May 13, 2005 at 15:10 UTC
Try 'eq' and you'll be better off. Oh - turn on warnings. You'll have found you're not doing what you think you're doing. In general, if you think something isn't in Perl, try it out, because it usually is. :-) "What is the sound of Perl? Is it not the sound of a wall that people have stopped banging their heads against?"	[reply]
Re^3: How to test for a new line by Fletch (Bishop) on May 13, 2005 at 15:10 UTC
That's only working because whatever's in `$myvar1` and `"\n"` both happen to evaluate to 0 in a numeric context. You really meant `eq`; see `perldoc perlop`. Update: Now if what you really mean is "is it a blank line with nothing but whitespace" you probably want `$myvar1 =~ /^\s*$/`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: How to test for a new line by BadMojo (Novice) on May 13, 2005 at 15:19 UTC
if ($tfcont1 eq \n) nor if ($tfcont1 eq "\n") works any ideas? BadMojo mford@badmojo.biz www.badmojo.biz !=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-! When something works but shouldn't thats BADMOJO baby.	[reply]