Rather, use: if ($input =~ /^y$/i)
....unless you want "yellow" and "okay" to work too. > -----Original Message----- > From: Agustin Rivera [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 5:16 PM > To: Daniel Falkenberg; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Default variable for STDIN. > > > Easiest way is to do > > print "Hit Y to continue: [N]"; > $input = <STDIN>; > > if ($input =~ /y/i) {print "this way anything but Y or y will get > ignored\n";} > > Also, if you just want Y and them to not have to hit ENTER, too, try using > getc. > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]