I posted this problem last week, but clearly I was not clear enough

I have a script that takes some user input

It then takes that string and writes (appends) some code
to the end of another perl script

Example:(pseudo-code)
#*** Script that takes user input ***
$userinput = getInput();
open THEOTHERSCRIPT ">>othersciprt";
print THEOTHERSCRIPT "print \"$userinput\"\; \n";


Now suppose the user inputs the following:
$dollars and %percents ARE "COOL!"

The script then appends the string to my OTHERSCRIPT
and the resulting script looks like such:

#*****OTHER SCRIPT******
print "$dollars and %percents ARE "COOL!"";


As you can see its not going to print what the user entered
Perl will try to do its magic on the $ and % and then the
quotes just confuse it.

So, my question is, is there an elegant way to put \ in front of
all the possible problem characters (ie $ % & " ' `, etc)
Or do I have to write a regex for each one??

I'd like to get this in one line of code ( ah hah! a challenge!)
Any takers???

Thanks!!!
Otijim

In reply to $dollers %percents and all other things (/) slashed by otijim

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