Re^3: perl command line prompts

two ways:

if ($answer eq "y") { #this is a string comparison. == is for numbers 
+only
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or (maybe better)

if ($answer =~ /^y/) {
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The latter will also work if the user types "yes", "yup", etc.

holli, /regexed monk/

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Re^4: perl command line prompts by Transient (Hermit) on May 16, 2005 at 20:28 UTC
and perhaps even: `if ($answer =~ /^y/i) {` [download] To work with "Yup", "Yes", "yay" and "yak"	[reply] [d/l]