Beefy Boxes and Bandwidth Generously Provided by pair Networks
good chemistry is complicated,
and a little bit messy -LW
 
PerlMonks  

How can I quote a variable to use in a regexp?

by faq_monk (Initiate)
on Oct 08, 1999 at 00:25 UTC ( [id://663]=perlfaq nodetype: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

Current Perl documentation can be found at perldoc.perl.org.

Here is our local, out-dated (pre-5.6) version:

The Perl parser will expand $variable and @variable references in regular expressions unless the delimiter is a single quote. Remember, too, that the right-hand side of a s/// substitution is considered a double-quoted string (see the perlop manpage for more details). Remember also that any regexp special characters will be acted on unless you precede the substitution with Q. Here's an example:

    $string = "to die?";
    $lhs = "die?";
    $rhs = "sleep no more";

    $string =~ s/Q$lhs/$rhs/;
    # $string is now "to sleep no more"

Without the Q, the regexp would also spuriously match ``di''.

Log In?
Username:
Password:

What's my password?
Create A New User
Domain Nodelet?
Chatterbox?
and the web crawler heard nothing...

How do I use this?Last hourOther CB clients
Other Users?
Others drinking their drinks and smoking their pipes about the Monastery: (5)
As of 2024-03-28 21:34 GMT
Sections?
Information?
Find Nodes?
Leftovers?
    Voting Booth?

    No recent polls found