use constant {
    MIF_EXTENSION => "\.mif",
    TXT_EXTENSION => "\.txt"
};

This is not doing what you want it to. The backslash is interpreted when perl parses the double-quoted string, so the values end up being '.mif' and '.tif' (since \. has no special meaning in a double-quoted string, as does, say \n). Your regexp will then match any character followed by txt. You need to either:

  1. Put the extensions in single-quoted strings, so the backslash is preserved.
  2. Put \Q and \E in your substitution to disable pattern metacharacters (see perlre for more info if you don't know what that means). Example: 
    $s1 =~ s/\Q${\TXT_EXTENSION}\E/MIF_EXTENSION/e;

I personally recommend #2, since you want to match literal text, without metacharacters, and that's what \Q is for.

Also, you should follow Zaxo's advice, and not dmitri's, since one will work, and one won't (you guess which is which).

--
3dan

In reply to Re: use of constants in regex substitutions? by edan
in thread use of constants in regex substitutions? by Anonymous Monk

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