identifying the forward slash

Question

Suppose I have 3 variables.

my $val1 = './f1/abc.txt'; #f1 is the folder where abc.txt resides.

my $val2 = './f1/def.txt';

my $val3 = 'gh.txt';

I am facing an issue while reading the './f1/' part.

if ($val1 =~ m/^a.*\.txt$/ or  $val2 =~ m/^d.*\.txt$/) { print $val3; }

this doesn't work with the folder name. Please help.

This question has absolutely nothing to do with forward slashes. It has to do with you incorrectly using the `^` anchor. `^` means "beginning of the string". You are asking Perl if `$val` matches: "beginning of string, a, 0 or more of any character, period, txt, end of string". It doesn't. The `a` in $val1 is not adjacent to the beginning of the string, it is in the middle of the string. Same thing for `$val2` - the `d` does not come at the beginning of the string. Remove the `^` anchors. — Paul L, May 16 '16 at 13:11

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 15 '16 at 21:04

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You can find the forward slashes in "./f1/" with this escape sequence:

\/

answered May 15 '16 at 21:04

Thanks mate. I was just using a double forward slash (\//)while scripting. Thanks for your help. – GSG May 15 '16 at 21:19

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