Question: I'm curious how to interpolate a matched variable ($1) into the replacement variable of the regex. 
my $text    = "Other Text. From {foo bar foo bar}";
my $pattern = 'From \{(.*?)\}';
my $replace = 'To {$1}';
$text       =~ s/$pattern/$replace/ge;

# text should equal "Other Text. To {foo bar foo bar }";

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I was able to accomplish it by creating an external function and passing $1 as a parameter to that function, but I figure there's an easier way. Also, I was not able to create and call the inline function in one step.

Please no comments like, "why don't you $text=~s/From/To/"?


As always, I appreciate the help.

Demize




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In reply to Pass Matched Variable into Regex Replace Variable by deMize

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