----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Pepas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 3:33 PM Subject: [Siglinux] perl question
> here's a perl question for the list. > > how does one resolve the ambiguity between octal references and > backreferences followed by numbers? > > example: > > to replace foobar with fubar, I could use the following: > > s/foo(bar)/fu\1/ > > but let's say I wanted to replace it with fubar01: > > s/foo(bar)/fu\101/ > > unfortunately, \101 is interpreted as octal 101 instead of backreference > 1 followed by 01. > > any ideas? I am NOT a hand in perl, but this looks like you'll have to do the substitutions separately. JimW _______________________________________________ Siglinux mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://machito.utacm.org/mailman/listinfo/siglinux
