beast wrote:
>
> Hi All,
Hello,
> Basically I want these input :
> name=
> name=
> name =
> name =
>
> But I did not want these input:
> my name =
> name is =
> my name is =
>
> --
>
> if ( /\s*name\s*=/) {
> print "Match: $_";
> }
>
> did not works as i expected.
You need to anchor the pattern to the beginning of the line:
if ( /^\s*name\s*=/ ) {
John
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