Hello again,
This is so basic I'm embarrassed to ask. Sorry.
1. I'm trying to pass a regexp in $bandNameRE through to a while loop, but
it keeps bailing complaining about an "unrecognised escpape \S", but when I
put the regexp directly into the condition it's happy. Why is this?
2. The other thing is that $name could be upper or lower case. I know I need
to chuck \i into the regexp, which I assumed would be (^$bandName\i)(\S)(.*)
but quite clearly isn't.
I think I need a new book.
$name = <STDIN>;
chomp $name;
$nameRE = "(^$name)(\S)(.*)";
while ($_ = readdir(LISTFILES)){
if (/$nameRE/){
#DO SOME STUFF
}
}
Thanks in advance for your time.
CC
_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
--
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
