Re^2: Finding a safe char with tr///d

Except you're in for some funny looks when what happens to be a "safe character" is an open paren, bracket, etc. :-)

Makeshifts last the longest.

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Re: Re^2: Finding a safe char with tr///d by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jan 31, 2003 at 04:37 UTC
Ain't that what \Q and \E are for:)... I know, I know... you'd have to monkey with the regex as well. Silly me. On a related note, it good to know I'm not the only one who uses control chars as temporary placeholders in strings. I agree that 0x7f was a bad choice in a utf-8/unicode world. Using a BOM like "\xEF\xBB\xBF" might make some sense though. Examine what is said, not who speaks. The 7th Rule of perl club is -- pearl clubs are easily damaged. Use a diamond club instead.	[reply]

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Re: Re^2: Finding a safe char with tr///d
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jan 31, 2003 at 04:37 UTC

Ain't that what \Q and \E are for:)... I know, I know... you'd have to monkey with the regex as well. Silly me.

On a related note, it good to know I'm not the only one who uses control chars as temporary placeholders in strings.

I agree that 0x7f was a bad choice in a utf-8/unicode world. Using a BOM like "\xEF\xBB\xBF" might make some sense though.

Examine what is said, not who speaks.

The 7th Rule of perl club is -- pearl clubs are easily damaged. Use a diamond club instead.