On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 03:06:06PM -0700, drieux wrote: > > On Friday, Sep 6, 2002, at 23:26 US/Pacific, pelp wrote: > >my $change_on = "/FChangeBar Yes/"; > >my $change_off = "/FChangeBar No/"; [snip] > > s/$change_on/$change_off/; > > given that you have the "/" elements in the variables, > you may find it nicer to write that as > > s!$change_on!$change_off!; > > or you might want to think about removing the "/" elements, > or guarding them with "\/....\/"....
Are you thinking that the s/// is going to interpret the /'s in the variables, and end the pattern prematurely? That is not the case. It would only matter if the values were inserted literally, as opposed to being in variables. Michael -- Administrator www.shoebox.net Programmer, System Administrator www.gallanttech.com -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
