Murali wrote:
Hi,
Hello,
I have a scalar variable $x whose value is "a(b" I am trying to replace the paranthesis with a backslash followed by parenthesis, I mean, ( to \( $x =~ s/\(/\\(/g; However this is making $x as "a\\(b" which is not what I want. Can somebody please help me with the regular expression here?
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