in reply to •Re: = rather than =~ ?
in thread = rather than =~ ?
This note might confuse newbies, so I thought just add a comment.
"That should have been =~!"
What merly said is that, that was a typo, and not what he wanted. (As you can see, he is the owner of that web page.)
But as a Perl statement, it is absolutely valid, and jweed has already given a full explanation.
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