Alternation: /John|Karen|Steve/ will match a line containing John or Karen or Steve. : substitution « Regular Expression « Perl

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Perl » Regular Expression » substitution

Alternation: /John|Karen|Steve/ will match a line containing John or Karen or Steve.


    



# Alternation: this, that, and the other thing

while(<DATA>){

    print if /Mary|Betty|Jon/;

}

__DATA__

    Mary

    Betty Boop

    Mark

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