in reply to expanding quoted referenced data

It sounds like you're trying to do $text = eval qq["$text"]. It's not a good idea and neither is what you said you wanted. Try using a real templating module, one that doesn't involve eval or /e.

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Re^2: expanding quoted referenced data
by nobull (Friar) on Sep 09, 2006 at 10:01 UTC
    It's not a good idea and neither is what you said you wanted.
    Granted.
    It sounds like you're trying to do $text = eval qq["$text"].
    Note: if the OP does decide to use eval() despite all the reasons not to then a heredoc is better than "" as it avoids sensativity to " characters in the data. 
    chop ( $text = eval "<<_EOD_$text\n_EOD_" );

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    This, of course, is stil confused by "\n_EOD_\n" in the data is still subject to all the dangers implicit in eval().

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Re^2: expanding quoted referenced data
by Anonymous Monk on Sep 08, 2006 at 21:44 UTC
    Thanks for all the help. Near term, I'll use the eval to eliminate the regex. Long term, I'll learn Text::Template or some such.

    Tyson
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