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Re: Re: Problem w/ single-quoted stringsby nmcfarl (Pilgrim) |
on May 13, 2004 at 21:37 UTC ( [id://353217]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Ok if you read perlop manpage under q/STRING/ 'STRING' you will find that it perfectly describes what is happening: ' A backslash represents a backslash unless followed by the delimiter or another backslash, in which case the delimiter or backslash is interpolated.'
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