in reply to Problems with matching and metacharacters

Simply put \Q and \E around $input. Like so:
 m/(\Q$input\E)/

Don't do this:
m/\Q($input)\E/
Because the regex will also try to match the parenthesis.

Sarah
Update: I never said I was fast.

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Re: Re: Problems with matching and metacharacters
by Anonymous Monk on Jun 14, 2001 at 19:55 UTC
    Actually, the \E is not needed, since $input is the only thing in the regex; that is, it is automatically ended. 
    /(\Q$input)/

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    Here's a question: Why would you need to put parentheses around $input? You can access its value more efficiently as $input, than as $1, since parentheses would slow down the regex. More succintly, change the code to this:
    /\Q$input/

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    And change occurences of $1 to $input
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      Actually, /(\Q$input)/ produces the error:

      /(\(\)/: unmatched () in regexp

      because you're now matching $input), not just $input. If the parenthesis are to stay, you'll need the \E

      Sarah

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