On Mon, 7 Oct 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting guy keren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > you can also use 'eval' - if the text contains valid perl code. > > Even if it doesn't. You can get the text into a string $string1, then do > something like: > > $string2 = "\$string3 = \"$string1\""; > eval($string2) > > and the result will be in $string3. Escape any quotes inside the original text > ($string1). >
eval is very dangerous as it can execute arbitrary Perl code found in the expression. I'd recommend against using it. Regards, Shlomi Fish > Herouth > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home Page: http://t2.technion.ac.il/~shlomif/ Home E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Let's suppose you have a table with 2^n cups..." "Wait a second - is n a natural number?" ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]