in reply to Re: Problem w/ single-quoted strings
in thread Problem w/ single-quoted strings
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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