String match does not work with '+' sign?

[whn]

my $a = 'San+Francisco';
my $b = 'San+Francisco';
if($a =~ $b) {
    print "Match: #$a#, #$b#\n";
}
else {
    print "Not Match: #$a#, #$b#\n";
}

Test run:

% ./tt.pl
Not Match: #San+Francisco#, #San+Francisco#

You help is highly appreciated!!

 

[feherke]

Hi

The "+" sign gets interpreted as quantifier meaning character "n" one or more times.

[tt]\Q quote (disable) pattern metacharacters till \E[/tt]

[navy]$a[/navy] [teal]=~[/teal] [green][i]"\Q$b\E"[/i][/green]

Feherke.

http://free.rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[whn]

Thanks! Somehow, I cannot add a star. Don't know why. Could the link be broken?