Sorry, in making this sample I didn't take into account that I am reading my data from
other files and would need to delimit the \$ in a string enclosed within the file, but
that is not my problem...
This is:
I commented all pattern matches out and got this string for my body text after parsing
data:
<p>In North Carolina, the maximum payout from video poker machines is $10 in
merchandise blah blah etc... </body>
Then, I uncommented ONLY this pattern out ->
$booty =~ s/\$/$/g;
and got this string after parsing data:
<p>In North Carolina, the maximum payout from video poker machines is &</body>
The string is getting truncated at the $.
I'm stumped.
Robert wrote:
In your original string, Perl is trying to interpolate the original $ - It
thinks it's a variable.
So, either escape it :-
$crud = "I need to make \$10,000 a month to support my crack habit!";
Or use single quotes :-
$crud = 'I need to make $10,000 a month to support my crack habit!';
Some reg-ex parsers will want the & escaped as well, but Perl seems ok in
this case.
Robert.
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