Re^3: Problem when comparing strings as opposed to numerical values

[moritz]

in reply to Re^2: Problem when comparing strings as opposed to numerical values
in thread Problem when comparing strings as opposed to numerical values

You don't need eval for that.

my $re = qr{^(\d+):};
my $data = '123: 45';
if ($data =~ $re) {
    print "Matched!";
}