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(dkubb) Re: (2) Returning _which_ pattern matched...?by dkubb (Deacon) |
on Aug 03, 2001 at 20:33 UTC ( [id://102033]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Remember to use quotemeta or \Q and \E on any variables you are going to use inside a regex. If you forget to, and any special regex meta-characters exist in your variables, your program can do anything between match unwanted strings to completely die'ing. I see this problem in alot of code where the program "builds" a regex. Bugs caused by forgetting to do this can go undetected for a long time until a "+", "|" or a ")" occurs somewhere in the incoming data. (assuming the data being searched through is not hard coded into the script, and thus it's content controlled by the programmer - as it's often not in the real world) Here's some sample code to illustrate the use of quotemeta in solving your problem:
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