Re^2: Regex problem

I think you meant:

my $value = 'sample1\\*sample2\\*sample3\\*sample4\\*sample5';
print $value,"\n";
$value =~ s#\\\*#STAR#g;
print $value,"\n";
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as the \ is a special character and needs to be quoted in strings and regexes. The * is special in the regex and also needs quoting.

...roboticus

UPDATE: ikegami just pointed out to me that I am ~~a doofus~~ incorrect, as demonstrated:

my $value = 'sample1\\*sample2\\*sample3\\*sample4\\*sample5';
my $value2 = 'sample1\*sample2\*sample3\*sample4\*sample5';
if ($value eq $value2) {
   print "I am a studly programmer\n";
}
else {
   print "I am a doofus\n";
}
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Re^3: Regex problem by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 03, 2007 at 00:14 UTC
In single-quoted literals, escaping `\` is optional if it's not followed by `\` or the string delimiter. `$x = 'a\b'; print("$x\n"); $x = 'a\\b'; print("$x\n");` [download] `a\b a\b` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]