How can I tell the script to get a word in a phrase.

I would like to get the word "pizza" either alone or in a phrase like "I eat PIZZA"

if ($value eq "pizza") works only if the value is exactly "pizza". I must foresee something *before* and *after* the word.

Also I would like to read lowercase and uppercase in the same way.

Thanks in advance.

Might want to read up on pattern matching.
perldoc perlop

try

if ($value =~ /pizza/i)

-- Gordon --


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$blah='82:84:70:77';
print chr($_) foreach (split/:/,$blah);

if ($value =~ /\bpizza\b/i){

to match exact word "pizza" in sentences.
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[This message has been edited by sumengen (edited December 05, 1999).]