my $HeaderAttributes = "abc|defgh|123"; $HeaderAttributes =~ s/\|/\\|/g;
On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Celine John wrote: > After seeing the e-mails about "Perl for Oracle-DBAs", > I presume, my question wouldn't be completely > inappropriate for this list. > So if you Oracle Gurus, can help me with this Perl > problem, I would greatly appreciate it. > I have a problem with "split" when my delimiter is > "|". > I know that if I escape the pipe, split should work, > that is only when it is a literal like > split(/\|/, "abc|def|123) > > But when my delimiter is to be dynamically read from a > file, I have it in a variable. Then this escaping > stuff doesn't work...... > eg: > my $HeaderAttributes = "abc|defgh|123"; > print "$HeaderAttributes\n"; > my $Delimiter = "\|"; > (@Fields) = split(/$Delimiter/, $HeaderAttributes); > print "Delimiter = $Delimiter.... Field[0] = > $Fields[0]\n"; > > prints > a > instead of > abc. > > Does somebody have a solution to this. > Thanks much. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free > http://sbc.yahoo.com > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Celine John > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Alex INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
