RE: ensuring that there *is* an \@ symbol

[Peter Cornelius]

> i am trying:
> 
>   } elsif ( $add_destination !=~ /\@/ ) {
> 
> which is not working. i am hoping that this reads "if $add_destination
> does NOT contain \@ then"
> 
> however, it apparently does not read this way :)
> is my error in perl syntax or the regex?

I think the syntax you want is '!~'.  The '=~' is binding, '!~' not binding.

Peter C.