in reply to Re^2: Regexp for word with underscore in the middle
in thread Regexp for word with underscore in the middle

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#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; while (<DATA>) { if ( /do_add/ ) { print "Wow! Got do_add - $_"; } else { print "Awwww - no do_add - $_"; } } __DATA__ do_taxes do_things do_add do_wop
Output:
C:\Perl>perl testdo.pl Awwww - no do_add - do_taxes Awwww - no do_add - do_things Wow! Got do_add - do_add Awwww - no do_add - do_wop