First, I'm really sorry...I didn't want to send you a personal email...I pushed Reply instead of Reply All
Second, Scott...you are great!...I solved my problem with your suggestion. Thank a lot...this is a great mailing list!!! --- "Scott R. Godin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Two things: > > First, it's better if you post to the list by NOT replying to someone else's > post. When you do this, it references the previous post via the message-id, > and appears threaded below a post with a completely different Subject line. > If you are starting a completely new thread, don't reply .. just create a > new e-mail to the list address. > > (the problem with the above is that if I "mark the thread as 'read'", your > post gets ignored, and I never see it since it's buried below the other > thread's subject.) > > On to your question. > > s{\Q$var1\E}{$var2} is usually what you want, except that may very well > 'quote' out the $ in $var. > > I suspect what you really want is > > $var1 = qr{roger? what the @*$!}; > > ( perldoc -f qr ) (perldoc perlre) and (perldoc perlop) for more details. > > I'd also recommend you add > > use warnings; > use strict; > > to the top of every script you write. This will catch a LOT of potential > mess-ups that would be hard to find otherwise. > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]