Re^3: sort an array

the # needed to be escaped

I don't believe you. Pound signs never need to be escaped in regexes, and it shouldn't make any difference if they are or not. I invite you to show us your exact code — the one that behaves differently depending on whether the pound sign is escaped or not.

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Re^4: sort an array by tilly (Archbishop) on Mar 20, 2006 at 02:47 UTC
Sorry, but you're wrong. `$_ = "SomecomplexREhereandthenafoobar"; if (/Some complex RE here and then a # to ignore/x) { print "Escaping that # would have mattered\n"; }` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: sort an array by jdporter (Paladin) on Mar 20, 2006 at 03:07 UTC
Yeah, o.k., `/x`. I lose. ;-) But I wonder - was the OP using `/x`?	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^6: sort an array by Argel (Prior) on Mar 20, 2006 at 22:50 UTC
It's probably becoming more prevalent as TheDamian recommends using xms for regex's in Perl Best Practices.	[reply]
Re^7: sort an array by jdporter (Paladin) on Mar 21, 2006 at 13:21 UTC
Re^8: sort an array by Argel (Prior) on Mar 21, 2006 at 20:34 UTC