in reply to Re: Strip bad characters from a string
in thread Strip bad characters from a string

Instead of just stripping them, how do I make a ' into a \' and " into a \". I tried using your example and adapting it but the result was \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' because it keeps looping just looking for the single character. Any ideas appreciated. Ian.

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RE: RE: Strip bad characters from a string
by btrott (Parson) on Apr 11, 2000 at 22:04 UTC
    Try 
    s#(['"])#\\$1#g;

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    Result (using the same string that I used the first time): 
    \'foo\' is in single
quotes, \"bar\" is in
double quotes, and
there are carriage returns
between

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