#!perl use warnings; use strict; my $one = q{/\d \\ \/ \\/ / }; my $two = <<'--snip--'; /\d \\ \/ \\/ / --snip-- print "\$one is `$one'\n\$two is `$two'\n"; __END__ #### $one is `/\d \ \/ \/ / ' $two is `/\d \\ \/ \\/ / '