The dot metacharacter : Metacharacters « Regular Expression « Perl






  1. Perl
  2. Regular Expression
  3. Metacharacters

The dot metacharacter

    
while(<DATA>){
     print "Found Norma!\n" if /N..ma/;
}
__DATA__
    Tom 101
    Mary 201
    Jason 301
    Norma 401
    Jack 501
    Kate 601








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