jb3o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jon Allen Boone) (03/08/91)
I'm working on a program to read info from a database file and spit out a formatted response. I want to let the user indicate via command line switches which database to use and then what string to search for. Now, my question is - once I've stored the string in a $var, how do I match it against input from my database file. I was trying to use the grep function, but it needs a regular expression. So how do I change the value of my $var into a regexp? -=> iain <=- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- | "He divines remedies against injuries; | "Words are drugs." | | he knows how to turn serious accidents | -Antero Alli | | to his own advantage; whatever does not | | | kill him makes him stronger." | "Culture is for bacteria." | | - Friedrich Nietzsche | - Christopher Hyatt | -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-