categorized question QandAEditors If I were to create something like <code> use constant TEST => 'def'; my $string = 'abcdefg'; if ($string =~ /TEST/) { print "The string contains the constant.\n"; }else{ print "The string doesn't contain the constant.\n"; } </code> It's awfully hard for the interpreter to know that <code>TEST</code> is actually a constant, because to the regex engine it's just another string. The <code>/e</code> modifier doesn't work. Is there a way to do this? 1835