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On Mar 4, Dennis G. Wicks said:
>Is there some perl shorthand that will make it easier to say
>
> if ( $x eq 'X' || $x eq 'Y' || $x eq 'Z' )
You can use
if ($x =~ /^(?:X|Y|Z)\z/) { ... }
I side with Randal in warning about the use of $ here where \z is clearly
the proper choice.
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<stu> what does y/// stand for? <tenderpuss> why, yansliterate of course.
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