regex problem

vishnu.prasad has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: regex problem by toolic (Bishop) on Jan 04, 2011 at 14:25 UTC
One way to escape the parentheses is to use `\Q` `use warnings; use strict; while (<DATA>) { print if /\QCOPYRIGHT(C)/ } __DATA__ foo COPYRIGHT(C) bar COPYRIGHT` [download] prints: `foo COPYRIGHT(C)` [download] See also quotemeta	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: regex problem by Corion (Patriarch) on Jan 04, 2011 at 14:23 UTC
See perlre. Parentheses are special within regular expressions.	[reply]
Re: regex problem by Fletch (Bishop) on Jan 04, 2011 at 14:23 UTC
As anyone can clearly see from the sample you've provided of the code you've tried that's not working the problem is on line 17. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie.	[reply]