That won't work, since you didn't escape $search or $replace. Also, you're needlessly recompiling $search if it's already compiled. Use the following instead: 

$escaped_replace = '$1 (\$1.00)'; # Escape \, $, @ and /
eval "\$title =~ s/\$search/$escaped_replace/";

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But since the only thing that needs to be compiled is the replace expression (not the entire substitution), the following is even better: 

$quoted_replace = '"$1 (\$1.00)"'; # Escape \, $, @ and /. Add quotes
$title =~ s/$search/eval $quoted_replace/e;

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Of course, not using eval EXPR would be even better. In other words, a templating system would be even better. I mentioned this and posted an example in the thread to which I linked in my other post.

Update: Added "or $replace".

Update: Oops, davidrw is correct. $search doesn't need escaping.

In reply to Re^2: Variable substitute and capturing by ikegami
in thread Variable substitute and capturing by Brutha

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