At 01:10 PM 05-21-2002 -0400, Aaron Sherman wrote: >On Tue, 2002-05-21 at 12:57, Michael G Schwern wrote: > > > Here's an easier one: backslash followed by the delimiter is that thing. > > Everything else is literal. > > > > print 'c:\it\'s\easier\to\write\win32\paths\this\way'; > > print q{this is ok { and so is \} } C:\this }; > >I desire you print your statement above. Would it be: > > print 'print \'c:\it\\'s\easier\to\write...\';'; > >The quesiton here is that C<\\'>, which means something different in >your recommendation than it means in Perl5, but still does the same >thing....
And the other question is how to get a string that ends in a \? $hiddendirectory = q{C:\$ecret$tuff\mp3\don't tell the mpaa\}; >Is there any gotcha, here? I'm not sure, but it's tickling my brain in >an odd way, and I keep wanting to say that it breaks down somewhere.... Is the above the gotcha you've been looking for?