On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Gergely Buday <gbu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here is the correct version: > > #!/usr/bin/perl > > $csproj_text = "C:\\build.txt"; > > $csproj_text =~ s/\\/\\\\/g; > print "$csproj_text\n"; > > Notice that in order to put a literal backslash into a perl string, > you should escape it. In your original program, you have put a \b, a > bell character into the string. > > - Gergely > > On 16 August 2012 10:48, Irfan Sayed <irfan_sayed2...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > hi, > > > > i have following code to search single "\" and replace it with "\\" > > but it is not doing as expected: > > > > $csproj_text = "C:\build.txt"; > > > > $csproj_text =~ s/\\/\\\\/g; > > print "$csproj_text\n"; > > > > the output is : "Cuild.txt" > > instead the output should be : "C:\\build.txt" > > can someone please suggest, what is the wrong ? > > > > regards > > irfan > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org > For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org > http://learn.perl.org/ > > > That or replace the " with ' and all wil be fine. $csproj_text = 'C:\build.txt'; $csproj_text =~ s/\\/\\\\/g; print "$csproj_text\n"; Regards, Rob
