Re: Should I escape all chrs in a regex?

If you're (literally) searching for a string within another, you don't need to use regexp matching:

my $sub_str = "tftp>";
my $full_str = "# tftp> connect tftp.host.com 69";

my $i = index($full_str, $sub_str); # $i is 2
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It's good to know when to use index and rindex.

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Re^2: Should I escape all chrs in a regex? by MikeKulls (Novice) on Sep 29, 2010 at 05:47 UTC
Thanks repellent, I do often forget about using index although this was just a simplified example. I was assuming whatever I am searching for is complicated enough to need a regex.	[reply]