Re^2: How to match a ;

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The regex of the OP will evaluate true for all strings except a string consisting of a single ';' character optionally followed by a newline because $line !~ m{^;$} uses the !~ negating binding operator.

Update: corrected per GrandFather's reply below.

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Re^3: How to match a ; by GrandFather (Saint) on Feb 08, 2009 at 10:02 UTC
Argh! Quite right. It must be the heat here! Well, any string except one containing a single ';' optionally followed by a \n. Perl's payment curve coincides with its learning curve.	[reply]

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