On May 10, Dave K said:
>my $p1 = join('|', (512..520));
>my $p2 = join('|', (528..568));
>my $p3 = join('|', (576..578));
>my $p4 = join('|', (592..600));
>my $p5 = join('|', (608..622));
>my $p6 = join('|', (624..670));
>my $p7 = join('|', (672..685));
>my $p8 = join('|', (768..771));
Why not put all those number ranges together?
>while (<IN>) {
> if ( m/,$p1|$p2|$p3|$p4|$p5|$p6|$p7|$p8,/ ) {
You need ()'s around the $p1|$p2|... part. The regex
/,abc|def|ghi,/
is not the same as
/,(abc|def|ghi),/
Do you see why?
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