Re: howto simplfy this regex if ($string =~/^$match | $match | $match$/g){

itshardtogetone@hotmail.com wrote:
> How do I simplify the regex below so that it matches only the number 
> 1, henceforth it should return false if I match $string with $match.
> 
> use strict;
> use warnings;
> 
> my $string = "10 11 12 13 40";
> my $match = 1;
> 
> if ($string =~/^$match | $match | $match$/g){

Do you possibly mean something like:

     my $match = qr(\b1\b);
     if ( $string =~ /$match/ ) {

which would be true for the string

     my $string = "10 11 1 13 40";

but not for your original string.

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