----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay Waheed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 10:14 AM Subject: Using Wildcards when matching a string(sentence)
> I am running a while loop, where I am comparing a > string, but I want to use a wild card towards the end. > Can anyone give me an idea of doing this. Here is what > I have. My threshold value could vary and only thing I > need to check from that line is "#Threshold", but my > variable $lineFromFile contains similar string with a > different value. > > while ($lineFromFile[$i] ne "#Threshold = 0,\n"){ > $i++; > } > > Thanks > -Jay > Jay - You need a regular expression. Also, where is $i initialized? Try something lik this: for (@LineFromFile) { last if /^#Threshold/; } Aloha => Beau; -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]