Partial String Match 1

[Extension]

I have an easy question. I want to compare two strings to see if they are partially matching

My code:

$string = A4522-ITRZ;
$search_string = "A4522";

if ($string =~ /$search_string/) {
    print "$string";
}

The current code doesn't work ? Can anyone tell me why.

Thanks

 

[Buddyholly83]

You didnt have speech marks for $string value
... and use strict!!!

This works...

use strict;

my $string = "A4522-ITRZ";
my $search_string = "A4522";

if ($string =~ /$search_string/) {
    print "Woohoo!";
}

 

[KevinADC]

speech marks", otherwise known as double-quotes.

Simple strings with no interpolation should really just use single-quotes though.

Numbers need not be quoted at all.

 

[Extension]

I was using double quotes in my code but I simply used the $string and $search_string as an example and I forgot to put the double quotes there. I found out that I forgot the /i to make it not case sensitive. My example was bad because it was in upper cases.

Thank you anyways..