The dot metacharacter : Metacharacters « Regular Expression « Perl

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Perl » Regular Expression » 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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