On 18 Jul 2001 11:26:45 -0400, Richie Crews wrote:
> Ok I am beating my head why this is not working...
>
> $fname = <STDIN>;
> chomp $fname;
> $fletter = substr($fname,0,1);
> # now we have the first letter of the first name
> if ( $fletter =~ /[a-f]/i) {
> print "First letter is a-f\n";
> }
>
>
> You get the picture I would have other if's based on the first letter
> however my regex is not working any idea I just need another prospective on
> it.
>
> Richie Crews
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Hey Richie,
Well, I ran the above code and it works the way I would expect (returns
"First letter is a-f" if the input is a,b,c,d,e,f,A,B,C,D,E, OR F).
What exactly is going wrong on your side?
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