Unsure what you are trying, but: if ( /^T...A/ ) { # When try # if Starts with a T , dont care about 2 thru 4 and the 5th char is A }else { # not a hit do work here }
Wags ;) -----Original Message----- From: Henry Hung-Yung Wang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 10:11 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: matching Hi perl masters, I am a very "beginner" of perl and I have a very simple question. I want to match characters within a sting of letters. ex: TCATATTG I want to match character 1 to "T" and character 5 to "A" how would I go about doing that? Thanks so much for your help. Henry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]