This is the most basic example of substring searching I could come up with.... and since I'm a VB programmer for the mostpart, simple is good :)
I've only tried this in ActivePerl, so I won't guarantee it works anywhere else without modifications.
This has been updated in light of the excellent advice I've been given from the more experienced Perl programmers (Thanks PaC).
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#!/usr/bin/perl
# regular expression matching
use warnings;
use strict;
my $searchstring = "This is a simple demo for checking keywords in a string.";
# Note: this is pretty simple.
# It's no wonder why people are using Perl for
# their CGI search utilities on the web!
# This little block means 'Print this out
# until you see 'EOF'.
print<<EOF;
Search utility
The string being searched is:
This is a simple demo for checking keywords in a string.
EOF
if(index $string >= 0) {
print "\n\nNope. The word 'simple' isn't in there.";
} else {
print "\n\nYup. 'Simple' is in there.";
}
is what you want to use, only use regexp matching in an if statement when you're gonna be using extensive matching. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
your welcome Brandon. if you an IRC client stop by tsunami.dal.net and join #perl later (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
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