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How can I make a regex return true when it doesn't match a string?

Jun 16th, 2001 05:57
Per M Knutsen,

A common beginner's error is to pre-cede the variable with an 
exclamation mark, as this:
if (!$string =~ m/^\.+&/ ) {
   ...
}
when actually what should be done is to replace the equal sign with the 
exclamation mark, thus:
if ($string !~ m/^\.+&/ ) {
   ...
}