regex weirdness

[thorsten schau]

Hi,

I wonder why the 'yes' print does not go thru.

if($line =~ /\$\{general-foo\s+(\S+)([^}]*)\}/ {
my $thewhole = $&;

print"thewhole: $thewhole\n";
print"yes\n" if $line =~ m/$thewhole/;

}

$& and $thwhole has exactly the matched string from $line.

any idea?

thanls

 

[thorsten schau]

ahh, that makes sense. thanks