Matt <matt.mailingli...@gmail.com> wrote:
>I have this:
>
>while (<IN>) {
> chomp;
> next if /^#/;
> # do stuff
> }
>
>
>It skips to the next item in the while loop of the string begins with
># and works fine. I would also like to skip to the next item in the
>loop if the string contains anything other then lowercase,
>underscores, numbers, dashes, periods, and spaces. I do not want
>uppercase characters and any sort of other special characters. How
>would I do that?
The solution from John Krahn is superior by far, and there is no need for any
other suggestions.
Rob
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