From: Sean Russell <ser@...>
Date: 2002-02-18T12:06:02+09:00
Subject: Re: x =~ /pat/, "return type?"

David Corbin wrote:

> "if (x =~ /pat/)"  everything is OK.  When I trty to pass this
....
> "backreferences".  Is this correct?  If so, how can "coerce" this to be
> a boolean as one uses in the if.?

Personally, I'd use:

  if !!x[/pat/]

or you could use

  if !!(x =~ /pat/)

or (as has been suggested)

  if !(x !~ /pat/)

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