On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 20:47, Rob Dixon <rob.di...@gmx.com> wrote: snip > > First of all it is best to use single quotes when defining strings that > contain > backslashes. > > my $s1 = 'c:\log\s1.log'; > > then you don't need to escape them (unless one appears as the final character > in > the string, when you still need to double it up to avoid escaping the string > terminator). snip
I would say it is best to use forward slashes since they work, even on Win32: my $s1 = "c:/log/s1.log"; -- Chas. Owens wonkden.net The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
