in reply to Re^2: Regular expression "replace string interpolation" problem
in thread Regular expression "replace string interpolation" problem
eval 2+2 → 4and this means if you eval the string 2+2, you'll get the string 4. In perl this is just:
my $x = '2+2'; my $y = eval $x; # $y is the string '4'
In your original example, what is happening during the substitution s/$match/$replace/e is:
eval $replace → $1 PerlI.e., the match is replaced with the string $1 Perl, and that is why $text2 contains $1 Perl world.
How about just adding another /e modifier to evaluate the substitution again? Unfortunately this doesn't work because $1 Perl world is not valid perl syntax:
eval eval $replace → eval $1 Perl world → syntax error
When $replace and the substitution is written as:
the evaluation of the replacement proceeds as follows:my $replace = '"$1 Perl"'; $text2 =~ s/$match/$replace/ee;
eval eval $replace → eval "$1 Perl"and because of the double quotes this last eval yields $1 concatenated with a space and the string Perl.
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