How do I escape '#' pound sign?

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Re: How do I escape '#' pound sign? by ariels (Curate) on Feb 21, 2001 at 19:27 UTC
Inside a regular expression (given the section we're in): `$x = '# a comment'; print "$&\n" if $x =~ m/^\#.* # A comment! /x;` [download] (You have to backwhack the #, or `m//x` will consider it a comment.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: How do I escape '#' pound sign? by ariels (Curate) on Feb 21, 2001 at 19:26 UTC
Inside a regular expression (given the section we're in): `$x = '# a comment'; print "$&\n" if $x =~ m/^\#.* # A comment! /x;` [download] (You have to backwhack the #, or `m//x` will consider it a comment. Originally posted as a Categorized Answer.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: How do I escape '#' pound sign? by Anonymous Monk on Sep 08, 2000 at 13:01 UTC
Simply by putting the pound inside quotes: `$val = q(#); $val2= "#";` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: How do I escape by merlyn (Sage) on Sep 08, 2000 at 07:12 UTC
Where would you need to escape it? {grin} Originally posted as a Categorized Answer.	[reply]