Re: Regex doubt

$line =~ s/TelecommuterTrac(\\)?WebIntHitList3/country/;
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Update: Do substitution on both single and double quoted lines
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Re^2: Regex doubt by Anonymous Monk on Jul 29, 2005 at 08:36 UTC
That will leave `$line` unchanged, as it will change a string consisting of `TelecommuterTrac` followed by a backslash, followed by `WebIntHitList3` to `country`. But `$line` was assigned `"TelecommuterTrac\WebIntHitList3"` which does not contain a backslash. It's in double quoted context, and the backslash is escaping the W from its special meaning (which it doesn't have). So, `$line` equals `TelecommuterTracWebIntHitList3`.	[reply]
Re^3: Regex doubt by anonymized user 468275 (Curate) on Jul 29, 2005 at 08:44 UTC
That depends - the OP may have originally been presented with a problem in which the backslash was there but is losing the backslash during the testing process to try to fix the (wrong) problem. One world, one people	[reply]