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Saved has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

@MATCHING = grep /$SEARCH/i, @finfo; working well, but want to anchor to start of line, tried @MATCHING = grep /^$SEARCH/i, @finfo; but did not get expected result. All help appreciated, thanx

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Re: Line starting with by Corion (Patriarch) on Mar 12, 2010 at 14:30 UTC
Maybe your lines don't start with what's in `$SEARCH` actually? Please post a short, self-contained script and the input data that reproduce the problem. This helps us to help you better.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Line starting with by Saved (Beadle) on Mar 12, 2010 at 15:01 UTC
Thanx much for your response. I found my problem. I am use Blank line separated records, and my code is not searching for "lines" that start with, but "records" that start with. You have been of help a number of times, and it is appreciated. Thank You	[reply]