in reply to Re^2: how can I use regular expresion if my string to be matched has round brackets
in thread how can I use regular expresion if my string to be matched has round brackets

You need:

my $ipn="\\( going \\) there";

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The \\ gets replaced by \ when the string is parsed.

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