Re^2: Match a chunk

Thanks for the responses, i realize the /g in updateloc1 should not have been added. I need to match each member of texlines exactly to the correct one in updateloc1, the problem occurs when its LakeO's turn and it should come back with the fourth member of updateloc1 (LakeO/stuf), it doesn't, (without /g or \b). What am i doing wrong?

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Re^3: Match a chunk by Anonymous Monk on Jun 12, 2008 at 11:25 UTC
One problem is that `'LakeO'` is a substring of every string in `@updateloc1`. The regex `/LakeO\b/` matches only with `'LakeO/stuf'` because the latter string has a forward-slash (`'/'`) in just the right position to match with the `\b` word-boundary metacharacter in the regex. Why it matches with the use of `/g` (if, indeed, it does) I will not be able to figure out without the ingestion of a lot more caffeine. What is your definition of exact match in the context of the example you have given?	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^3: Match a chunk
by Anonymous Monk on Jun 12, 2008 at 11:25 UTC

'LakeO'

every

@updateloc1

/LakeO\b/

'LakeO/stuf'

'/'

\b

/g

lot

What is your definition of exact match in the context of the example you have given?

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