Re^5: How to do regex backreferences within $variable replacement text?

Ok, thanks... but really I'm trying to avoid using eval() (or /e) in the first place.

<RANT> Seeing as Perl lets you specify regex patterns in variables used for search text (s/$pattern/), it really seems like there ought to be a non-kludgy way to interpret backreferences from a variable in the replacement text (s/$pattern/$replacecontainsbackrefs/) ... </RANT>

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Re^6: How to do regex backreferences within $variable replacement text? by BUU (Prior) on Sep 17, 2005 at 22:19 UTC
There is: eval.	[reply]