On Jul 28, Balint, Jess said:
>Hello all. I am getting an error with the following reg-exp:
>
> s/\$\{(\w+)\}/$$1/g;
>
>I am not sure exactly how to do this type of thing. Is there any way to get
>around the error or must I turn off 'strict refs' for this line?? Thanks
>alot.
If you're trying to expand variables in a string, have you looked at:
perldoc -q variables
Anyway, I suggest something like:
s/\${(\w+)}/"\$$1"/eeg;
or perhaps the simpler
s/(\${\w+})/$1/eeg;
But it's even safer to use a hash, like the FAQ I mentioned suggests.
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