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Old 11-09-2011
PERL : pattern matching a string stored in a variable
I have two variables,

Code:
 
my $filename = "abc_yyyy_mm_dd.txt";
my $filename1 = " abc_2011_11_07.txt";

I need to perform some operations after checking if $filename has $filename1 in it

i have used the below code,

Code:
 
if($filename =~ /^$filename1/)
{
----
--
}

but this doesnt work.

Can somebody help with this.
Thanks in advance.
# 2  
Old 11-09-2011
if you want to compare the strings this may help you..

Quote:
#!/usr/bin/perl
$filename = "abc_yyyy_mm_dd.txt";
$filename1 = "abc_2011_11_07.txt";
chomp $filename;
chomp $filename1;

if( $filename eq $filename1 )
{
print "same";

}
else
{
print "different"
}

# 3  
Old 11-09-2011
Code:
my $filename = "abc_yyyy_mm_dd.txt"; my $filename1 = " abc_2011_11_07.txt";

Quote:
Originally Posted by irudayaraj
checking if $filename has $filename1 in it
But $filename does NOT have $filename1 in it.
I suggest you play with the =~ operator a little bit.

Code:
my $filename = "abc_yyyy_mm_dd.txt"; my $str = "yy_m";
if ($filename =~ $str) {
  print "Yess!\n"
}

will print Yess! because $filename contains "yy_m".
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