Re: Using scalar variables as substitution regular expression

or maybe this would be easier:


$_ = "master442arb_ba";
$_ =~ /master(.*)arb_ba/;
$action = "m$1a_ba";
s/$_/$action/;
print $_;
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Re^2: Using scalar variables as substitution regular expression by almut (Canon) on Apr 05, 2009 at 09:44 UTC
... in which case you don't need the substition at all :) `$_ = "master442arb_ba"; $_ =~ /master(.*)arb_ba/; $_ = "m$1a_ba"; print $_; # m442a_ba` [download] (the `s/$_/$action/` in your snippet looks for "master442arb_ba" in "master442arb_ba" and replaces this (i.e. itself) with "m442a_ba" — an assignment is shorter...)	[reply] [d/l] [select]