in reply to Loading $_ as checkbox value when $_ has double quotes in its value

Don't quote your output at all print "stuff";

Use a here document instead then you can put anything you fancy in it. 

 print <<HTML;
Delete This Post? \n
            <input type=checkbox name="box$post_number" value=" $_ "<p
+>
              $_<hr>\n<p>\n<br><br><br>\n|;
HTML

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Re: Re: Loading $_ as checkbox value when $_ has double quotes in its value
by andye (Curate) on Dec 04, 2001 at 16:34 UTC
    hakkr, afaiui that isn't the problem. The problem is that, if $_ contains doublequotes, then this 
    $_ = qq|sheep go "baaa"|;
print qq|<input value="$_">|;

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    will output this: 
    <input value="sheep go "baaaa"">

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    where the value attribute = "sheep go" and "baaa"" is disregarded.

    That's my understanding - I could have the wrong end of the stick.
    andy.

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      That's exactly the problem BUT it can be over come by simply using the regex solution twice, once to prepare the var for being a checkbox value and then reversing it to print the HTML back to the txt file. Dumpdadah! Yay!
      Thanks again and again guys! Where would I be without ya?
      jg
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