On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 14:03, Scott<tacogrand...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I am learning perl and my code is using strict. I thought it would help me > learn better then being sloppy. > > I am trying to connect to a sql database and my password contains a @ in the > middle of the word > so > my $pass = "p...@word"; > > its killing my script and i cant seem to find anything on the internet on > how to just use p...@word as pure text. > I've tried /p...@word/ but that didn't help and im sorta out of ideas, im > going to go get a perl book from my college library maybe it has an answer. > > Anyone know what to do? snip
You have two good choices: my $pass = 'p...@word'; my $pass = "pa...@word"; The first one is generally preferred, but the knowing about the second is handy in situations like this: my $string = "Hello $name, my email address is f...@example.com"; -- 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/
