Simple RegEx problem

[not4google]

Hi all,

I am trying to match the following:

$text = "abcdef-TO";

if($text =~ /-TO/){
#do something here
}

This doesnt seem to work, something to do with the "-" as in "-TO"?

I have tried escaping it but no joy, any help much appreciated,

Cheers,

 

[not4google]

Hi all,

Sorry ignore this thread the above is working fine I had another condition in there which was preventing this from working correctly,

Cheers,

 

[Mike042]

Your example looks OK. Perhaps there is a typo in your real code. The "-" is a valid RegEx test, often used when checking numbers to see if there is an optional preceeding minus sign.

Do use 'pragmas' such as:
use strict;
it will help to prevent typo's.

I hope that helps.

Mike

 

[Mike042]

Sorry. I started typing, got interrupted by the phone, then carried on.

Regards.

MIke