in reply to Regular expression "replace string interpolation" problem

What is likely confusing is that both of these statements yield the same result: 
$text2 =~ s/$match/$replace/;
$text2 =~ s/$match/$replace/e;

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The evaluation done in the second substitution replaces the variable interpolation that is taking place in the first substitution.

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Re^2: Regular expression "replace string interpolation" problem
by Anonymous Monk on Mar 31, 2009 at 15:58 UTC
    I used this and it works my $replace = "$1 Perl";
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