Hi,
Pandey Rajeev-A19514 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] asked:
> I have a question regarding matching strings that have
> embeded perl special characters.
>
> $abc = 'MC10.G(12)3c';
> $efg = 'MC10.G(12)3c';
>
> Now I want to check whether they are same or not by doing
> if ($abc =~ /$efg/) { do something;}
Why not use $abc eq $efg if you only want to check for
equality?
> For this I need to insert a '\' before every special char.
> Can some one tell me an easy way to do ?
You can also use the qr operator to quote metacharacters
in a string or scalar value:
my $re = qr( $efg );
if( $abc =~ /$re/ ) {...}
See the section "Regexp Quote-Like Operators" in the perlre
manpage for details on qr().
HTH,
Thomas
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