$ perl -le'
use warnings;
use strict;
use Data::Dumper;
my $s = q{
};
print $s;
my $value = q{13.95};
print $value;
my $q_key = quotemeta( q{[KEY]} );
print $q_key;
my $q_value = quotemeta( $value );
print $q_value;
$s =~ s/$q_key/$q_value/g;
print $s;
print Data::Dumper->Dump( [ $s ], [ qw/s/ ] );
'
13.95
\[KEY\]
13\.95
$s = '
';