Sorry, everyone! The code worked just fine - I'm splitting values on the # sign in a
subroutine directly following the one where I replace $ with the $.
Brain must be congested this morning!!!
>
>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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