On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 01:17:12PM -0500, Kee Hinckley wrote:
> #!/usr/bin/perl
> $a = "abc";
> $b = ".(b).";
> $c = "the middle letter was \$1!";
> $a =~ s/$b/eval("\"$c\"")/e;
> print "$a\n";
> Anyone have a better way?
use a double e on the regex:
$a =~ s/$b/"\"$c\"\"/ee;
It's still pretty ugly, but it's nicer syntax...
Tony
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