Re: finding and replacing

my @a = qw(dave brian alex's eddie's);
s/'/\\'/ for @a;
print qq($a[3]\n);

--Output --
eddie\'s
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Re^2: finding and replacing by perlbeginner10 (Acolyte) on Dec 04, 2005 at 19:07 UTC
Hi, In my case, this works for only the first " ' ", not all. If there are two or more " ' ", the program doesn't work. Can anyone explain why?	[reply]
Re^3: finding and replacing by NetWallah (Canon) on Dec 05, 2005 at 05:12 UTC
You need to post your code for us to be able to help you. Simply saying it does not do what you expect does not help - we need to know what "it" is before we can help. Update: - I'm guessing what you mean is that if a particular array element contains more than one single-quote, only the first single-quote gets escaped/replaced, in the code I posted. This is correct. If you need all of them replaced, use the "g" option in the regular expression . `s/'/\\'/g for @a;` [download] You're just jealous cause the voices are only talking to me. No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.	[reply] [d/l]