find two halves of a word?

[Ken Sington]

is it possible to find a word that's broken?

if:
$str="hel
lo larry";
# that is, "hel" + "\n" line break + "lo larry"

and I want to find "hello" in that string.
is that possible?

or better yet:
$str = "hel$^%&*&*&lo larry";

 

[gnari]

is it possible to find a word that's broken?

if:
$str="hel
lo larry";
# that is, "hel" + "\n" line break + "lo larry"

and I want to find "hello" in that string.
is that possible?

just remove the newline before matching
my ($str2=$str)=~s/\n//g;
print "Match!\n" if $str2=~/hello/;

or better yet:
$str = "hel$^%&*&*&lo larry";

this might not contain what you think
assuming you meant
$str = 'hel$^%&*&*&lo larry';
and that $str = '$^%&*&*&' is a fixed string that you
want to ignore:
my $ign='$^%&*&*&';
my ($str2=$str)=~s/\Q$ign\E//g;
print "Match!\n" if $str2=~/hello/;

gnari