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From: Tom Phoenix
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 00:00

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On Tue, 15 Jul 1997, Chao Shao-ju wrote:

> I tried to search a line that contains more than one star (*)  , using: 
> 
> if ($line =~ /\*\*/)
> {
> ................
> }
> 
> But it does not work. 

Well, you're searching there for two stars. When you say it doesn't work,
what do you mean? Do you mean that it fails to match when you think it
should? It works for me:

    $line = 'this line has two ** stars';
    if ($line =~ /\*\*/) { print "Yep\n" }

Hope this helps!

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From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com>
Subject: Re: How to search ******
Date: 1997/07/15
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