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csh, pattern matching in if() condition.

Hi:

I am struggling to get the simplest pattern matching to work, in csh.

In this line:
if ("$MY" =~ /my/) echo match

it seems that I just can not make it to match, even when $MY is "mymymy".

Thanks.

N.B Phil

---------- Post updated at 11:23 PM ---------- Previous update was at 05:58 PM ----------

figured it out.

use "*" and do NOT put it inside any quote.

so this works:

if ($my =~ *my) echo match, or if($my =~ *"my") echo my

but this do not work:

if($my =~ "*my") echo match, nor this if($my =~ "my") echo match.

Thanks.
 
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NAME
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