Rob Dixon wrote:
>> > I'm having problems....due (i suppose) to the special chars in the
>> > $var1 string the s/// don't match anything.
>> > What can I do to?
>>
>> s{\Q$var1\E}{$var2} is usually what you want, except that may very
>> well 'quote' out the $ in $var.
>
> I guess you mean $var2? The replacement expression will
> only be interpolated once. Any variable names embedded in the
> contents of $var2 will be copied verbatim.
no, I meant $var1 there
>> I suspect what you really want is
>>
>> $var1 = qr{roger? what the @*$!};
>
> This won't work, I'm afraid. The $! will be interpolated
> unless the delimiters are single-quotes:
oh duh. That's what I get for not *(testing testing testing)* before I
posted. :-P bleah. thanks for pointing that out. :)
> print (my $var1 = qr{roger? what the @*$!});
>
> output
>
> (?-xism:roger? what the @*)
>
>> ( perldoc -f qr ) (perldoc perlre) and (perldoc perlop) for more
>> details.
>
> Maybe what is wanted is:
>
> $var1 = quotemeta q{roger? what the @*$!};
>
> which is the equivalent of the \Q...\E construct, but
> applicable to an existing string.
>
> HTH,
>
> Rob
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