Basic HTML version of Foils prepared Sept 20 97
| The result of the expression |
| $string =~ m/$regex/ |
| is true if and only if the value of $string matches $regex. |
| For example, |
| if ( <STDIN> =~ m/^[Tt][Oo]:/ ) { ... } |
| matches if current input line starts with to: (any case) |
| Note: m/^to:/i is equivalent to above expression since modifier /i instructs pattern matcher to ignore case |
| Any delimiter may be used in place of the slash |
| m%^[Tt][Oo]:% # equivalent to previous expression |
| The m operator may be omitted, but then slash delimiters are required |