(Ovid) Re: $dollers %percents and all other things (/) slashed

Why don't you just change your line to the following:

print THEOTHERSCRIPT "print qw($userinput"; ),"\n";
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Or, you could using single quotes.

Cheers,
Ovid

Update: That's twice today that I have posted to quickly. The quote mark shouldn't be in $userinput.

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Re: (Ovid) Re: $dollers %percents and all other things (/) slashed by rlk (Pilgrim) on Dec 11, 2000 at 23:27 UTC
{Update: I read the parent too quickly. Ovid, your code doesn't work. It parses to `print STRING; ), STRING;`, does it not?} Well, that doesn't solve the question of $userinput containing something like I am so 1337!) && `rm -rf /` && print q( At minimum, with q() or single quotes, whatever character(s) close the quotes have to be escaped. -- Ryan Koppenhaver, Aspiring Perl Hacker "I ask for so little. Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave."	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Update:

print STRING; ), STRING;

Well, that doesn't solve the question of $userinput containing something like I am so 1337!) && `rm -rf /` && print q(

At minimum, with q() or single quotes, whatever character(s) close the quotes have to be escaped.