Re: Regex vs. string

Note also that there are some subtle differences between a literal pattern, and a string used as a pattern, eg

$foo =~ /\ba\b/; # match the word "a"
$foo =~ "\ba\b"; # match the three characters
                 #   backspace(\x08), "a", backspace
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update: changed bell to backspace as per TimToady's nitpick

Dave.

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Re^2: Regex vs. string by TimToady (Parson) on Jul 09, 2005 at 18:33 UTC
Mmm, actually, `\x08` is a backspace, to pick small nit. A `\a` would produce a bell (though it's not clear whether we'll carry that one over to Perl 6).	[reply] [d/l] [select]