The reply given by Bob highlights surrounding var names within regexes with {}, ie., /${somevar}/. And though not related to your query, as a point of readability, consider using the big-arrow key-value notation when appropriate as in the current example, ie.,
my %hash = (1 => 'abc', 2 => 'xyz'); anything to the left of the big-arrow is implicitly quoted as well. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]