I'll try to get straight to the problem: 
$attempt1 = "get_stuff()";
$attempt2 = "get_stuff\(\)";
$attempt3 = qq(get_stuff());

$newstr = "apple";

$data = $attempt1;
$data =~ s/$attempt1/$newstr/;
print "\n$data";

$data = $attempt2;
$data =~ s/$attempt2/$newstr/;
print "\n$data";

$data = $attempt3;
$data =~ s/$attempt3/$newstr/;
print "\n$data";

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Output:
apple()
apple()
apple()

 Problem: I'm trying to search and replace the entire contents of the $attempt strings above, but it always stops at the (). Is there any elegant way to do this? I've looked all over my little back book of perl :(


Thanks,
Desert coder

In reply to Quickie Question: search and replace problem by JojoLinkyBob

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