I like the chr() approach; however, I was concerned about getting tangled up in multibyte unicode problems. It *looks* like if I use chr(???) with a ??? <= 255 I will always get the single byte I am looking for (i.e. not translated to/from some type of unicode symbol set). Correct ?
With respect to your second suggestion:
1. Yes, I also had this thought. I was originally trying to run with .../go; (for efficiency) and I was concerned that the captured string would not be inserted without recompilation. I was probably mistaken ... :)
2. The fact that this works implies the the initial \x{$dle} IS interpolated and the replacement one IS NOT. Abigail-II's explanation did not cover why one is interpolated and the other is not. Seems unduly inconsistant - even for perl :)
Thanks to all ! (Is it customary to reply with "thanks" (only), or is that considered unnecessary babble ?) Thanks, Scott.

In reply to Re: Re: Why is variable interpolation suppressed in \x{$xxx} replacement ? by Anonymous Monk
in thread Why is variable interpolation suppressed in \x{$xxx} replacement ? by Anonymous Monk

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