Re: Regex false match

because || matches. You need to quote the match string if you are trying to match it verbatim:

if ($line =~ m|\Q$process\Q|i) {
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Re^2: Regex false match by mhearse (Chaplain) on Dec 19, 2006 at 02:10 UTC
Many thanks.	[reply]
Re^3: Regex false match by ikegami (Patriarch) on Dec 19, 2006 at 05:43 UTC
Grandfather meant `\Q`..`\E`, not `\Q`..`\Q`. `if ($line =~ m/\Q$process\E/i) {` [download] That checks if $process is in $line. You could also use `index`, which might even be faster. `if (index(lc($line), lc($process)) >= 0)) {` [download] If you wanted to check if the two vars are the same, then that should be `if ($line =~ m/^\Q$process\E\z/i) {` [download] or `if (lc($line) eq lc($process)) {` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]