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Re: Switch/Format to not interpret metacharacters in regex?

by Laurent_R (Canon)
on Dec 05, 2019 at 17:27 UTC ( #11109702=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Switch/Format to not interpret metacharacters in regex?

See also the built-in quotemeta function (which does something very similar to \Q ... \E).

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Re^2: Switch/Format to not interpret metacharacters in regex?
by afoken (Chancellor) on Dec 05, 2019 at 20:44 UTC
    See also the built-in quotemeta function (which does something very similar to \Q ... \E).

    Not only similar. quotemeta is the function implementing the \Q escape, according to quotemeta.

    Alexander

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    Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)
      Yes, afoken++, you're right. I did not want to say that they are identical, because they have a different calling syntax, but, yes, they do the same thing.

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