I'm running the following code and keep on getting an annoying error I've no idea what's causing it... Has anyone seen anything similar before ? Regexes aren't my cup of tea and I reckon I miswrote the one I'm using but as you'll notice in the example below, it works fine for 2 strings before failing...

Here's the code : 
for (0..$#bannedF)
   {
      return BANNED if ($folder eq $bannedF[$_]);   # if folder is dir
+ectly equal to a banned folder
      if ($mode == INC_SUBDIRS) # if a parent folder is banned then so
+ are the subfolders unless otherwise stated
      {
         $folder =~ /^($bannedF[$_]).*/;
         print "$_ out of $#bannedF - $bannedF[$_] - regexp value : $1
+\n";
         return BANNED if ($1); # example : $folder = c:\temp\one; $ba
+nnedF[$_] = c:\temp
      }
   }

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And here's the value of the variables... 
@bannedF = ("c:\\win32app\\toolkit",
            
            "c:\\winnt",
            "C:\\WINNT\\system32",
            
            "d:\\perl",
            "d:\\brossad");

my $folder = "c:\TEMP\sdfs";

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Here's the output... 
0 out of 4 - c:\win32app\toolkit - regexp value :
1 out of 4 - c:\winnt - regexp value :
2 out of 4 - C:\WINNT\system32 - regexp value :
Can't find unicode character property definition via main->e or e.pl a
+t unicode/Is/e.pl line 0
Press any key to continue . . .

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Thanks everyone for your help...

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Ou comme celui-là qui conquit la Toison,
Et puis est retourné plein d'usage et raison,
Vivre entre ses parents le reste de son âge!

J. du Bellay, poète angevin

Edit by tye, change PRE to CODE around long lines

In reply to Reg Ex : an odd error... by Foggy Bottoms

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