Re^2: Regex false match

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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]

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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) {
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That checks if $process is in $line. You could also use index, which might even be faster.

if (index(lc($line), lc($process)) >= 0)) {
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If you wanted to check if the two vars are the same, then that should be

if ($line =~ m/^\Q$process\E\z/i) {
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if (lc($line) eq lc($process)) {
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