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There is one subtle difference between using '...' and /.../ as regex delimiters. The latter interpolates where the former does not. That does not affect the examples in this thread though.

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Re^4: using split
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jun 05, 2007 at 13:19 UTC

    And the difference between "..." and /.../ is that "..." unescapes too much.

    For example,
    "\d" is the same as /d/.
    If you want /\d/, the equivalent would be "\\d".

    I always use /.../ or qr/.../ to avoid confusion.

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      Yes. I never use "...", preferring m[...] instead. Using '...' for a regex is simply shorthand for m'...' which gives the same, non-interpolating behaviour.

      A bad habit? Maybe...

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