Hello monks, Thanks for your fast response. after taking your suggestions i did the following changes in code 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
 
use strict;
use warnings;

my $count;
my @list = 'C:\username\Sources';

chomp @list;
#print OUTPTR "$_\n" foreach @list;
foreach my $arrchar (@list)
{
   print "array char = $arrchar";
   if($arrchar =~ m/\\/)
               {
                    print "\nfound one \n";
                    $count += 1;
               }
   else
   {
      print"\n i am in else \n"
   }
}
print "value of count = $count";

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the result is

array char = C:\username\Sources

found one

value of count = 1

i am expecting count = 2. again i am not sure why it is not working properly.

regards,

kumeperl

In reply to Re^2: search for '\' in perl by kumeperl
in thread search for '\' in perl by kumeperl

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