-----Original Message----- From: Mr. Shawn H. Corey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 5:02 AM To: beginners@perl.org Subject: Re: backslash on windows
<snip> >> >> myscript.pl -cfg D:\users\config.txt >> >> inside the script, when capturing the config file mentioned above, the >> "\" is treated as escape character. >> <snip> > > Once inside a string, the backslash character is only the backslash > character (unless you're using the sting as a regular expression). If you are using the string in a regular expression, then you can avoid this problem by using \Q and \E $fullpath =~ /\Q$path\E/ See perldoc perlop under the section entitled "Quotes and Quote-like Operators" If you're using ActiveState, I recommend using the HTML documentation at Start-->All Programs -->ActivePerl-->Documentation so that you can search through the documentation. The perldocs are all under "Core Documentation". -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
