how to escape ' character

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Re: how to escape ' character by Joost (Canon) on Feb 27, 2005 at 18:30 UTC
You usually don't have to escape ' at all: `# these are not escaped print "'"; print qq('); print q('); print <<ENDLINE; some line with a ' in it ENDLINE # this one is escaped print '\'';` [download] "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply] [d/l]
Re: how to escape ' character by sh1tn (Priest) on Feb 27, 2005 at 18:27 UTC
Please, see perldoc -q escape `s/(')/\\$1/g;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: how to escape ' character by jZed (Prior) on Feb 27, 2005 at 21:52 UTC
Please show us the context for this question. In ordinary practice you don't need to escape quote marks. If this relates to a DBI query you definitely should not roll your own. Use $dbh->quote(), or even better, use placeholders.	[reply]
Re: how to escape ' character by ambrus (Abbot) on Feb 27, 2005 at 21:43 UTC
Try `"\47"`.	[reply] [d/l]