Re: Applying a RegEx in a variable

[abstracts]

Hello

Try reading in perlop about the qr operator. Here is an example about how it can be used:

my $String="1234A4321";
my $RegEx=qr/a/i;

$String =~ $RegEx;

print "Match: ",$&||"none"," Pre: ",$`||"none"," Post: ",$'||"none","\
+n";
# Match: A Pre: 1234 Post: 4321

Hope this helps,,,

Aziz,,,

Update: Yes, you got the right idea there using

$re = eval "qr$regexp_val";

Make sure you trust the source of your regexp before feeding it to eval.

[ChOas]

Hmmmmmm.....Actually....no ;))

I have no influence over the regex, it could come
from a file, or from user input... it`s really a
scalar...

BUT!..... I can do

my $Tmp="/a/i";
my $RegEx=eval "qr$Tmp";

For wich I can build a working construct... hmmmm...
I`m going to explore this a bit more....
So actually it DID help!! .....Thanks! ;)))

... A little bit later ...

Hmmmmm.... maybe it didn`t help... I`ll try some more ;))

... A little bit more later ...

Okay.. I got it to work!! cheer!!... I`ll post the code where
it`s going to be in hopefully next week.... thanks!!

GreetZ!,

ChOas

print "profeth still\n" if /bird|devil/;