Re: use of constants in regex substitutions?

I'd prefer to write:

    MIF_EXTENSION  =>  "[.]mif",
    TXT_EXTENSION  =>  "[.]txt",
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Then you don't have to wonder how many backslashes you need, and you don't have to use \Q, \E each time you use MIF_EXTENSION or TXT_EXTENSION.

Abigail

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Re: Re: use of constants in regex substitutions? by edan (Curate) on Sep 23, 2003 at 15:15 UTC
Ah, but it doesn't appear that these constants are only being used as the match expression of a regex. For instance, the original code posted is trying to substitute TXT_EXTENSION for MIF_EXTENSION. I don't think the intent is to turn ".txt" into "[.]mif". -- 3dan	[reply]
Re: use of constants in regex substitutions? by Abigail-II (Bishop) on Sep 23, 2003 at 15:27 UTC
Oh, sure, but then your first suggestion, putting them in single quotes isn't going to work either, because I don't think the intent is to turn '.txt' into '\.mif'. Abigail	[reply]
Re: Re: use of constants in regex substitutions? by edan (Curate) on Sep 23, 2003 at 15:38 UTC
Quite right! Good thing I recommended the second option... ;-). I maintain that `\Q` is the right way to do it. -- 3dan	[reply]