Hi
I have a script where I need to match strings with parenthesis to string items in an array. here is a part of it: 
@array = ("text1_(Right):662:19990913:662:19990913:1",
"text2(Right):8000:20020116:8000:20020116:1",
"text3:6800:20021015:6900:20021014:1");

$Symbol= "text1_(Right)";

foreach $item (@array){
      if ($item =~ m/$Symbol/i) {
       print "$item\n";
         }
}

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If I try to match "(Right)" to items in the array, I'll get 2 matches but the way it is combined with some other text, even if the exact match exists in the array, as in the example, I don't get any results. There probably is something I ought to do, but I don't know what I am missing here.

I appreciate any help.
Thanks,
Ciamack

Edit by tye to add CODE tags and remove most BR tags

In reply to Matching parenthesis in a string by ciamack

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