Re^2: Possible Match Problem

... a couple of ways to ... use all these characters verbatim ... qr is another.

In no way will qr use any metacharacters verbatim unless specifically 'told' to do so, e.g., by a \Q ... \E escape sequence.

>perl -wMstrict -le
"my $s  = 'hi(';
 my $rx = qr{$s};
"
Unmatched ( in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/hi( <-- HERE / at ...
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Update: See qr in the Regexp Quote Like Operators section of perlop, also see section on 'escape sequences' (for \Q) in Quote and Quote like Operators, also in perlop.

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Re^3: Possible Match Problem by Marshall (Canon) on Jan 19, 2012 at 08:30 UTC
correct. qr is better used for other things. my example was with \Q...\E, so I'll leave it at that.	[reply]
Re^4: Possible Match Problem by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Jan 19, 2012 at 16:07 UTC
`if ($str2 =~ /\Q$str1\E/) #\Q...\E means like qr #don't interpret characters #like '(' within $str1 #use them verbatim` [download] To avoid misunderstanding, you might also consider removing "`like qr`" from the foregoing comment, or possibly changing to something like "`means,``as when used in qr, to avoid interpreting` `characters like ...`".	[reply] [d/l] [select]