It sounds like you want something more like:
$string = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP"; $x = "ABCDEF"; $string =~ s/$x//g; Or am I misunderstanding? -----Original Message----- From: Connie Chan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 3:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Insert Var in Regex Problem Hi all, Say, I have an input $x = "ABCDEF"; and I will try to remove $x from a string, what can I do ? Is there something like : $x =~ s/$x//g; Rgds, Connie -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]