Re: Newbie Question

[Igor Sutton]

while ($string != m/[a-zA-Z]{1,5}/ )
{     print("that is wrong....try again: ");
       chomp ($string = <STDIN>);   }

Maybe:

while ($string !~ m/.../) {
...
}

When you're matching against regular expressions, you need to use =~ or !~.

Hope this helps.

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