in reply to How do i interpolate a variable in a regular expression?

For starters, your $scalar is in single quotes, which are notorious for not inerpolating variables.



--chargrill 
s**lil*;  $*=join'',sort split q**;  s;.*;grr; &&s+(.(.)).+$2$1+; $; =
qq-$_-;s,.*,ahc,;$,.=chop for split q,,,reverse;print for($,,$;,$*,$/)

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