-----Original Message----- From: Bryan Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 3:07 AM To: Beginners Perl Subject: s/// w/o RE
A quick question for the wizards-- Is it possible to do a substitution without compiling the pattern at all? ************************************** #!/usr/bin/perl $ss = "cool???"; $rs = "cool."; $_ = "Perl is really cool???"; s/$ss/$rs/g; print "$_\n"; ************************************** Thanks! - B Hi Bryan, What is 'compiling a pattern'? you can say this : s/\Q$ss\E/$rs/g; cheers, Jay -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
