I think Tom once helped me out on this syntax, but I forgot where I put it now... :( I can successfully search a File Handle (MYDATA) for a search value ($SEARCH) in a while loop like the following: while (){ if (/$SEARCH/){ ... do something} } BUT HOW DO I search a STRING for a $SEARCH Value? I know it is something similar, but can't remember. How do I search to see if "cow" ($SEARCH) is in the following string ($VALUE)? $VALUE = "The cow jumped over the moon"; if ($VALUE = /$SEARCH/) { ... do something... } I know this is not the right syntax, but can someone point me in the right direction ? I am not worried about case sensitive issues, and I am not looking for an index function to tell me how many times it appears in the string, I just want a quick and easy TRUE/FALSE type situation if the "cow" can be found in the $VALUE string. Thanks so much for your help in advance~! - Michael

($string =~ /pattern/) ## true if the pattern is found somewhere in the string so I think you want to use something like: if ("the cow jumped over the moon" =~ /cow/)

THANK YOU SO MUCH~! :) - Michael